[pca] Unable to download patches - 403 error, solaris license agreement

[John Horne]

On Thu, 2009-07-16 at 13:00 +0200, Martin Paul wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> > Running 'pca -V' I get a 403 Forbidden error. I tried using
> > '--ssprot=http' but that made no difference. I tried logging in directly
> > to Sunsolve, we have an account, and could access the patch but only
> > after accepting their 'SUN MICROSYSTEMS USER LICENSE AGREEMENT'.
> > 
> > Since the patch I was trying (142009-01) is a public patch
> 
> Patch 142009-01 is not public, like most non-security patches. You need 
> a support contract connected to your Sun Online Account to download it. 
> So the 403 error is perfectly valid. If you really can download the 
> patch zip file interactively from SunSolve, it's not expected behaviour.
> 
DOH! Many apologies. I turns out that our sunsolve account has expired!
I have asked our account manager to see what happened.


Apologies, and thanks for the quick reply,

John.

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