[pca] Problems with license validation

[Christoph Litauer]

Martin Paul schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
>> Debugging pca I saw a wget call with the following url:
>>
>> http://myaccount:mypassword@sunsolve.sun.com/pdownload.do?target=118666-16&method=h 
>> ...
>>
>> I am using pca 20080311-01.
> 
> Hm, the above type of wget call (user:pass at url) hasn't been used by pca 
> for quite some time - it's definitely not from version 20080311-01. Is 
> it possible that you have an older version of pca somewhere in your PATH 
> which you call accidentially?

Sorry, you are right! pca did a wget call using --http-user and 
--http-password. I mixed up my test setup, sorry!

> 
> Can you show us output of e.g. "pca --debug --download 118666-16" (or 
> choose another patch for testing, as this Java patch is huge). Remove 
> the password from the debug output before posting it here.


Well, it seems, sunsolve has problems:

Option download: 1
Option patchdir: /var/pca/.
Option user: myaccount
Option passwd: mypassword
Option debug: 1
Option wgetq:
ARGV: 119059
Version: 20080311-01
Using /usr/sfw/bin/wget (1.9.1, 10901)
Never update
Expanded patch list: 119059
xref now    : Thu Mar 13 15:12:21 2008
xref current: Thu Mar 13 15:04:43 2008
xref age    : 458
Local file /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref is up to date
Reading from /usr/bin/showrev -p
Using /var/tmp/patchdiag.xref from Mar/12/08
Bad patch installed: 119757-09
Bad patch installed: 120050-04
Host: aleph3 (SunOS 5.10/Generic_127111-07/sparc/sun4u)
List: 119059

Patch  IR   CR RSB Age Synopsis
------ -- - -- --- --- 
-------------------------------------------------------
119059 38 < 39 RS-  28 X11 6.6.2: Xsun patch

Downloading 119059-39 (1/1)
Trying http://sunsolve.sun.com/ (1/1)
--15:12:24--  http://sunsolve.sun.com/pdownload.do?target=119059-39&method=h
            => `/var/pca/./119059-39.tmp'
Resolving sunsolve.sun.com... 192.18.108.40
Connecting to sunsolve.sun.com[192.18.108.40]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily
Location: 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/CDW/119059-39.zip;jsessionid=a87c0c91856ba9e7f3073da4b1dcb 
[following]
--15:12:25-- 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/CDW/119059-39.zip;jsessionid=a87c0c91856ba9e7f3073da4b1dcb
            => `/var/pca/./119059-39.tmp'
Connecting to sunsolve.sun.com[192.18.108.40]:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 500 Internal Server Error
15:13:55 ERROR 500: Internal Server Error.

Failed
Failed (patch not found)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Download Summary: 1 total, 0 successful, 0 skipped, 1 failed


If I try patch 119254 I sometimes get "503 Service Unavailable" or "403 
Forbidden" messages.

> 
> Do all downloads fail or just some or this one, and is your Sun Online 
> Account connected to a contract or just a free account?

Not all fail, but most of them. My account is connected to a contract.


-- 
Regards
Christoph
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