apt-get failing

[Verde Denim]

On 03/03/2013 11:09 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 3 March 2013 16:03, Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com> wrote:
>> For the past two days, I've been ssh-ing onto my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server
>> and attempting to update the package list, but have been receiving the
>> following -
>>
>> root at Theosophidae:# apt-get update
>> Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
>> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
>> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
>> Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
>> Err http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
>>   Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
> That may mean that you have a DNS problem.
> What happens if you do
>
> ping security.ubuntu.com
>
> If that fails what about
>
> ping www.google.com
>
> If that also fails then it is definitely a DNS problem.
>
> Colin
>
Colin - Adding the dns server addresses to the interfaces worked.
Interesting that those same dns servers are listed in resolvconf in the
'original' file, but not in the base file.

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Jack
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