[pca] MOS user name with @ character?

[Diana Orrick]

got 125555-08 no problem...

On 12/14/2010 12:01 PM, Nishimura, Scott L (IT Solutions) wrote:
> Diana,
>
>     Try 125555-08; I'm curious because that + 119254-78 are the only 2 that I can download.
>
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] On Behalf Of Diana Orrick
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 8:41 AM
> To: pca at lists.univie.ac.at
> Subject: EXTERNAL:Re: [pca] MOS user name with @ character?
>
>
> Reviewed the wget doc on My Oracle Support site
> and I think I've found my problem:
> Highest version number access
> http://sunsolve.sun.com/pdownload.do?target=141445&method=h returns
> 141445-09
>   >>>Not supported.  A full patch id with a specific version is required<<<
>
> /usr/sfw/bin/pca -d 119254 -V<<<  no version number
>
> /usr/sfw/bin/pca -d 119254-78 -V worked.
>
> tried a general download of r/s patches, 403 errors again
> tried simple single download of 118666-28 , same errors
>
> I've been using pca successfully for some time now (up to yesterday)
> does anyone have suggestions on how to recognize MOS account problems?
>
>
>
> On 12/14/2010 11:13 AM, Diana Orrick wrote:
>> I'm still getting the ERROR: 403: Service Error on a
>> simple single patch download attempt:
>>      /usr/sfw/bin/pca -d 119254 -V
>> I don't have "" around the user/pw in the pca.conf file.
>>
>> I tried commenting out the user/pw entries in pca.conf,
>> but pca never prompted for info, moved on attempted to
>> connect and same error...
>>
>>
>> On 12/14/2010 5:36 AM, Gerard Henry wrote:
>>> On 12/13/10 15:07, Martin Paul wrote:
>>>> Stuart F. Biggar wrote:
>>>>> I'm a part time admin that has NO knowledge of perl. I've been using
>>>>> pca for
>>>>> quite some time with a Sun user name of firstnamelastname with no
>>>>> punctuation
>>>>> at all. My new MOS account name is:
>>>>> stuart.biggar at optics.arizona.edu. I
>>>>> tried putting that into the USER line in pca where my old user name
>>>>> just
>>>>> worked. I now get complaints about the @ symbol. Is there a way to
>>>>> escape
>>>>> that or otherwise convince pca that my new user name is OK?
>>>> This works for me:
>>>>
>>>> "user||s|USER|user\@domain.org|My Oracle Support user name",
>>>> "passwd||s|PASSWD|secret||My Oracle Support password",
>>>>
>>> hello all,
>>> sorry, but i don't understand your answer. With my new MOS account,
>>> i'm able to download patch 119254-78 without problem, via website.
>>> But with pca, i got:
>>> Trying Oracle
>>> Trying https://getupdates.oracle.com/ (1/1)
>>> Failed (Error 403: Service Error)
>>> Failed (patch not found)
>>>
>>>   i use pca.conf, and put " (double quotes) around user and passwd
>>> values.
>>>
>>> thanks in advance for help,
>>>
>>> gerard
>>>
>>>

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