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  • Ubuntu FTP mirror faulty?

    From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 31 15:20:47 2022
    Hello,
    ftp://archive.ubuntu.com seems to have a problem for some days.

    I have

    deb ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse
    [...]#removed other lines in article

    in my sources.list and the download of packages does not work.

    If I use an ftp client to access the server, I see that ubuntu is just
    a link to the current dir that seems to cause a recursion.

    After some attempts the URL looks like ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/

    That isn't a normal behavior, isn't it?

    PS: There is no proxy or firewall that changes traffic.

    --
    kind regards
    Marco

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  • From Paul@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Tue May 31 10:34:18 2022
    On 5/31/2022 9:20 AM, Marco Moock wrote:
    Hello,
    ftp://archive.ubuntu.com seems to have a problem for some days.

    I have

    deb ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse
    [...]#removed other lines in article

    in my sources.list and the download of packages does not work.

    If I use an ftp client to access the server, I see that ubuntu is just
    a link to the current dir that seems to cause a recursion.

    After some attempts the URL looks like ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/

    That isn't a normal behavior, isn't it?

    PS: There is no proxy or firewall that changes traffic.


    If there is a symbolic link, every time you click the
    symbolic link you will have another "ubuntu" added to
    the end of the URL. What you see is normal for that construct.

    [Picture]

    https://i.postimg.cc/FHJRjgVY/italicized-text-is-a-softlink.gif

    If the administrator tried to do rm -Rf ubuntu, it's
    possible the command would return with a "path too long" error.
    The placement of symbolic links like that, can be for
    safety purposes. But I don't know if I can find you an article
    recommending that practice.

    Paul

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  • From Henry Crun@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Tue May 31 18:34:50 2022
    On 31/05/2022 16:20, Marco Moock wrote:
    Hello,
    ftp://archive.ubuntu.com seems to have a problem for some days.

    I have

    deb ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse
    [...]#removed other lines in article

    in my sources.list and the download of packages does not work.

    If I use an ftp client to access the server, I see that ubuntu is just
    a link to the current dir that seems to cause a recursion.

    After some attempts the URL looks like ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/

    That isn't a normal behavior, isn't it?

    PS: There is no proxy or firewall that changes traffic.

    open archive.ubuntu.com
    Connected to archive.ubuntu.com.
    220 FTP server (vsftpd)
    Name (archive.ubuntu.com:mike): anonymous
    331 Please specify the password.
    Password:
    230 Login successful.
    Remote system type is UNIX.
    Using binary mode to transfer files.
    cd ubuntu
    250 Directory successfully changed.
    dir
    200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.
    150 Here comes the directory listing.
    drwxrwxr-x 42 997 997 4096 Apr 26 10:24 dists
    drwxr-xr-x 2 997 997 229376 May 31 14:37 indices
    -rw-r--r-- 1 997 997 23180426 May 31 14:38 ls-lR.gz
    drwxrwxr-x 6 997 997 4096 Feb 27 2010 pool
    drwxr-xr-x 3 997 997 4096 Jun 28 2013 project
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 997 997 1 Nov 24 2010 ubuntu -> .
    226 Directory send OK.

    Seems that trying to open sub-folder "ubuntu" will put you in an infinite loop...
    possible misconfiguration?

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  • From Info@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Tue May 31 17:56:25 2022
    On 31/05/2022 14:20, Marco Moock wrote:
    Hello,
    ftp://archive.ubuntu.com seems to have a problem for some days.

    I have

    deb ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse
    [...]#removed other lines in article

    in my sources.list and the download of packages does not work.

    If I use an ftp client to access the server, I see that ubuntu is just
    a link to the current dir that seems to cause a recursion.

    After some attempts the URL looks like ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu/ubuntu/

    That isn't a normal behavior, isn't it?

    PS: There is no proxy or firewall that changes traffic.

    FileZilla works. See this picture:

    https://i.imgur.com/tezbvQb.png

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 31 18:30:49 2022
    Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2022, um 18:34:50 Uhr schrieb Henry Crun:

    Seems that trying to open sub-folder "ubuntu" will put you in an
    infinite loop... possible misconfiguration?

    That is what I thought.
    Do you know any contact address for their ftp admins?

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  • From Mike Easter@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Tue May 31 09:45:38 2022
    Marco Moock wrote:
    schrieb Henry Crun:

    Seems that trying to open sub-folder "ubuntu" will put you in an
    infinite loop... possible misconfiguration?

    That is what I thought.
    Do you know any contact address for their ftp admins?

    At the time of this post, I can navigate that dir & its subs w/ a browser.

    ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
    Index of ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/
    Index of ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/



    --
    Mike Easter

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 31 19:14:22 2022
    Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2022, um 17:56:25 Uhr schrieb Info:

    FileZilla works. See this picture:

    https://i.imgur.com/tezbvQb.png

    Can you also navigate in the folder ubuntu?

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 31 19:13:46 2022
    Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2022, um 09:45:38 Uhr schrieb Mike Easter:

    At the time of this post, I can navigate that dir & its subs w/ a
    browser.

    ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
    Index of ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/
    Index of ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/

    Interesting.
    If I use the direct link like the last 2 you posted, then I can access
    the files. If I click the ubuntu symlink on the root dir, I can't and
    get the recursion.

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  • From Mike Easter@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Tue May 31 10:19:24 2022
    Marco Moock wrote:
    schrieb Mike Easter:

    At the time of this post, I can navigate that dir & its subs w/ a
    browser.

    ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
    Index of ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/
    Index of ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/

    Interesting.
    If I use the direct link like the last 2 you posted, then I can access
    the files. If I click the ubuntu symlink on the root dir, I can't and
    get the recursion.

    <view-source:ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/>
    300: ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
    200: filename content-length last-modified file-type
    201: "dists" 0 Tue%2C%2026%20Apr%202022%2010%3A24%3A00%20GMT DIRECTORY
    201: "indices" 0 Tue%2C%2031%20May%202022%2016%3A24%3A00%20GMT DIRECTORY
    201: "ls-lR.gz" 23200399 Tue%2C%2031%20May%202022%2016%3A25%3A00%20GMT FILE 201: "pool" 0 Sat%2C%2027%20Feb%202010%2000%3A00%3A00%20GMT DIRECTORY
    201: "project" 0 Fri%2C%2028%20Jun%202013%2000%3A00%3A00%20GMT DIRECTORY
    201: "ubuntu" 1 Wed%2C%2024%20Nov%202010%2000%3A00%3A00%20GMT SYMBOLIC-LINK

    If I click the last 201 ubuntu sym link, I can't get anywhere; just
    layers and layers of adding 'ubuntu' to the end of the URL.

    --
    Mike Easter

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  • From Andrei Z.@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Tue May 31 20:22:19 2022
    Marco Moock wrote:
    Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2022, um 09:45:38 Uhr schrieb Mike Easter:

    At the time of this post, I can navigate that dir & its subs w/ a
    browser.

    ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
    Index of ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/
    Index of ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/

    Interesting.
    If I use the direct link like the last 2 you posted, then I can access
    the files. If I click the ubuntu symlink on the root dir, I can't and
    get the recursion.

    The same with Nemo on Mint 20.3
    Ctrl-L : ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

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  • From Info@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Tue May 31 18:58:35 2022
    On 31/05/2022 18:14, Marco Moock wrote:
    Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2022, um 17:56:25 Uhr schrieb Info:

    FileZilla works. See this picture:

    https://i.imgur.com/tezbvQb.png
    Can you also navigate in the folder ubuntu?


    No problem. See this image:

    https://i.imgur.com/pmjqkTE.png

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 31 19:22:05 2022
    Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2022, um 10:19:24 Uhr schrieb Mike Easter:

    If I click the last 201 ubuntu sym link, I can't get anywhere; just
    layers and layers of adding 'ubuntu' to the end of the URL.

    ok thank you.
    That confirms that this isn't a local issue at my side.

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  • From Marco Moock@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 31 20:39:41 2022
    Am Dienstag, 31. Mai 2022, um 18:58:35 Uhr schrieb Info:

    No problem. See this image:

    https://i.imgur.com/pmjqkTE.png

    But if you go there, you get into the same directory, true?
    If so, it seems that the ftp client of apt is creating a recursion here.

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  • From Info@21:1/5 to Marco Moock on Tue May 31 21:59:41 2022
    On 31/05/2022 19:39, Marco Moock wrote:
    But if you go there, you get into the same directory, true?
    If so, it seems that the ftp client of apt is creating a recursion here.

    That's because it's a link (not a folder) to the ubuntu directory. You can see there's
    an arrow beside it.

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