Ubuntu One Client

Authorization Error or Socket Error

Asked by Indrani

I'm getting an "Authorization Error"

[Errno socket error][Errno -2]Name or Service not known

can someone help me

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codeslinger (codeslinger) said : 		#1

Hi Indrani,

You are going to need to provide a lot more information before someone can even begin to answer this question.

Where do you see the error? what program are you trying to run? etc.

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codeslinger (codeslinger) said : 		#2

I found this article to be really helpful

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

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Indrani (dawn-indrani) said : 		#3

i got that error while trying to setup sync with UbuntuOne
don't know if its a bug.. is that an indication of some problem with my network settings? but i'm able to browse without trouble using firefox 3.6

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Indrani (dawn-indrani) said : 		#4

also i should tell you, i'm getting some weird error messages while trying to download with synaptics

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Joshua Hoover (joshuahoover) said : 		#5

Hi Indrani,

This sounds like either you're having internet connectivity issues and/or dns problems. Are you behind a proxy server?

Thank you,

Joshua

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Indrani (dawn-indrani) said : 		#6

Yes, there's our university proxy to which i have to connect with a username & password
i've been able to figure out where to put the proxy i think
but i can't understand where to put the username and password
can you help me with this config?
thank you Joshua for your help & time
rgds,
indrani

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Best Joshua Hoover (joshuahoover) said : 		#7

Hi Indrani,

Unfortunately, Ubuntu One doesn't work with proxy servers like the one you're behind at your university. We are adding proxy support for Maverick.

For other applications you should be able to configure the proxy server authentication info at System->Preferences->Network Proxy Preferences and then next to the "HTTP Proxy" port number, click on the "Details" button. From there you need to check on the "Use authentication" check box and then enter your proxy username and password.

Thank you,

Joshua

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Indrani (dawn-indrani) said : 		#8

Thank you Joshua
don't know how i missed the details button..
Rgds,
indrani

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Indrani (dawn-indrani) said : 		#9

even the terminal is giving the same error..
i was trying to download a playlist from youtube with youtube-dl from http://bitbucket.org and it gave the same error
not sure whether to report the same error again, just dropping a mention of it..