[Freedombox-discuss] Cannot ssh into the box any more

[Sunil Mohan Adapa]

On 06/03/2016 04:49 AM, znoteer at hailmail.net wrote:
[...]
> When I run apt-get update I get
> 
> Err:1 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian sid InRelease
>   Ne parvient pas à résoudre « httpredir.debian.org »
> 
> That's "can't resolve httpredir.debian.org".  I don't really know where
> to go in debugging a network connection in a chroot environment.  I
> tried to cat /etc/resolv.conf but I get an error about no file of this
> type, even though I typed "resolv." and used tab completion to get the
> complete name.  The same thing happens with the less command.
> 
> Maybe I should just apt-get uninstall libpam-abl as Sunil initially
> suggested.   I can reinstall it when I put the SD card back in the
> Sheevaplug.  Any suggestions on how to proceed from here?

1. Upgrading the package should be possible by booting the device,
visiting Plinth and triggering system-wide upgrade in software upgrades.

2. The chroot should be able to connect to network just like the rest of
the machine.  But I suppose there is an issue with DNS resolution.  Add
a temporary first line in /etc/resolv.conf as 'nameserver
<your-dns-server>' or 'nameserver 8.8.8.8' (warning: that one belongs to
Google).

3. If networking is not working for some reason, download the latest
pamabl package[1], copy it to chroot and after to go into chroot, do
'dpkg -i <package_file>' to upgrade.

Links:

1) https://packages.debian.org/sid/armel/libpam-abl/download

-- 
Sunil

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