calm: ERROR: Upload failed: cd: Access failed: No such file (/x86_64/release)

calm: ERROR: Upload failed: cd: Access failed: No such file (/x86_64/release)

[Brian Inglis]

Hi folks,

Fairly straightforward upgrade of packages.
Is anything demented about my setup:

$ cygport GeoIP.cygport upload
 >>> Uploading GeoIP-1.7.0-1.x86_64
 >>> Running lftp sftp://cygwin:@cygwin.com
cd: Access failed: No such file (/x86_64/release)
*** ERROR: Upload failed

When I connect using `lftp sftp://cygwin` I now seem to be logged in to the sftp 
*root* instead of /home/Brian\ Inglis!

Or is this just a way to allow my GeoIP... updates to be fixed up before I can 
do anything more?

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Re: calm: ERROR: Upload failed: cd: Access failed: No such file (/x86_64/release)

[Jon Turney]

On 17/04/2024 20:26, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> Fairly straightforward upgrade of packages.
> Is anything demented about my setup:
> 
> $ cygport GeoIP.cygport upload
>  >>> Uploading GeoIP-1.7.0-1.x86_64
>  >>> Running lftp sftp://cygwin:@cygwin.com
> cd: Access failed: No such file (/x86_64/release)
> *** ERROR: Upload failed

Thanks for reporting this.

> When I connect using `lftp sftp://cygwin` I now seem to be logged in to 
> the sftp *root* instead of /home/Brian\ Inglis!

But in future, if you are ever reporting "I think I have access to stuff 
on sourceware I shouldn't have access to", you may, exceptionally in 
that situation only, send me a private mail.

> Or is this just a way to allow my GeoIP... updates to be fixed up before 
> I can do anything more?

This was the result of a sshd configuration error which has been 
rectified by sourceware overseers.

Re: calm: ERROR: Upload failed: cd: Access failed: No such file (/x86_64/release)

[Brian Inglis]

On 2024-04-17 14:15, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> On 17/04/2024 20:26, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> Fairly straightforward upgrade of packages.
>> Is anything demented about my setup:
>>
>> $ cygport GeoIP.cygport upload
>>  >>> Uploading GeoIP-1.7.0-1.x86_64
>>  >>> Running lftp sftp://cygwin:@cygwin.com
>> cd: Access failed: No such file (/x86_64/release)
>> *** ERROR: Upload failed
> 
> Thanks for reporting this.
> 
>> When I connect using `lftp sftp://cygwin` I now seem to be logged in to the 
>> sftp *root* instead of /home/Brian\ Inglis!
> 
> But in future, if you are ever reporting "I think I have access to stuff on 
> sourceware I shouldn't have access to", you may, exceptionally in that situation 
> only, send me a private mail.

Thanks Jon,

Never occurred to me it was a security glitch, nor even to look around except in 
my own home dir, but I will try to remember to think that way, and let you or 
someone know quietly in future.
Did sysadmin work long enough to have little interest now, except when unable to 
do something admin would allow, and have to ask someone ;^>

>> Or is this just a way to allow my GeoIP... updates to be fixed up before I can 
>> do anything more?
> 
> This was the result of a sshd configuration error which has been rectified by 
> sourceware overseers.

Oops!
Glad I noticed and mentioned that, rather than just wait and see if it was 
rectified: don't want to be (much of) a pain, but you never know, as here.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry