[07:00:15] <infobliss>	 $ host -v login.tools.wmflabs.org
[07:00:33] <infobliss>	 works fine I think
[07:00:38] <infobliss>	 Trying "login.tools.wmflabs.org" ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 61794 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2  ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;login.tools.wmflabs.org.	IN	A  ;; ANSWER SECTION: login.tools.wmflabs.org. 120	IN	A	208.80.155.163  ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: wmflabs.org.		40679	IN	NS	labs-ns1.wikimedia.org. wmflabs.org.		40679	IN	NS	labs-ns0.wikimedia.org.  ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: 
[07:00:49] <zhuyifei1999_>	 uh, can you paste somewhere?
[07:01:05] <zhuyifei1999_>	 nevermind
[07:01:15] <zhuyifei1999_>	 208.80.155.163 is correct
[07:01:33] <zhuyifei1999_>	 ssh -vvv login.tools.wmflabs.org ?
[07:02:22] <infobliss>	 OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4ubuntu2.2, OpenSSL 1.0.2g  1 Mar 2016 debug1: Reading configuration data /home/sid/.ssh/config debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for * debug2: resolving "login.tools.wmflabs.org" port 22 debug2: ssh_connect_direct: needpriv 0 debug1: Connecting to login.tools.wmflabs.org [208.80.155.163] port 22. debug1: connect to address 208.80.
[07:02:31] <zhuyifei1999_>	 paste
[07:02:48] <zhuyifei1999_>	 it's extremely difficult to read without linebreaks
[07:02:55] <infobliss>	 ok wait
[07:04:00] <infobliss>	 https://jpst.it/10JEY
[07:06:03] <infobliss>	 I tried ssh -o ProxyCommand='socat - SOCKS4A:myproxy:%h:%p,socksuser=myusername,socksport=myport' infobliss@tools-login.wmflabs.org -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa
[07:06:24] <infobliss>	 but it just does not output anything at all.
[07:07:05] <infobliss>	 So I need ctrl+C to terminate.
[07:07:09] <zhuyifei1999_>	 is there a firewall?
[07:07:36] <infobliss>	 wait
[07:08:10] <infobliss>	 sudo ufw allow 22
[07:08:16] <zhuyifei1999_>	 ?
[07:08:46] <infobliss>	 I disabled firewall for port 22
[07:09:01] <zhuyifei1999_>	 I mean outgoing connection
[07:09:22] <infobliss>	 How do I check that?
[07:10:03] <zhuyifei1999_>	 hmm
[07:10:29] <zhuyifei1999_>	 I'll give you my ip and can you try sshing into me?
[07:10:45] <infobliss>	 ok
[07:10:54] <zhuyifei1999_>	 a sec
[07:14:08] <zhuyifei1999_>	 PM'ed
[07:17:11] <infobliss>	 ssh: connect to host 101.229.144.88 port 2222: Connection refused
[07:17:32] <zhuyifei1999_>	 ...
[07:18:41] <zhuyifei1999_>	 let me switch a port
[07:20:21] <zhuyifei1999_>	 infobliss: change to port 80
[07:20:47] <infobliss>	 same result o_0
[07:21:00] <zhuyifei1999_>	 unbelieveable
[07:21:31] <infobliss>	 does it mean a firewall issue?
[07:22:07] <zhuyifei1999_>	 dunno
[07:22:37] <zhuyifei1999_>	 I'd love if I can test it with my own hands
[07:22:48] <infobliss>	 There's a proxy we have to set in our browser and /etc/apt/apt.conf files
[07:22:56] <infobliss>	 yeah sure
[07:23:12] <zhuyifei1999_>	 what's the proxy?
[07:23:24] <zhuyifei1999_>	 that might be the cause
[07:23:27] <infobliss>	 10.10.78.21
[07:23:33] <infobliss>	 port 3128
[07:23:49] <zhuyifei1999_>	 HTTP proxy or socks proxy?
[07:23:58] <infobliss>	 I have set it and can browse web and apt-get properly
[07:24:07] <infobliss>	 both I think
[07:24:19] <zhuyifei1999_>	 it can't be both...
[07:24:20] <infobliss>	 I set it for http, ftp, socks
[07:24:37] <infobliss>	 Oh
[07:24:41] <zhuyifei1999_>	 I mean what proxy protocol does it use
[07:25:15] <infobliss>	 let me find out
[07:25:21] <infobliss>	 just a min
[07:27:38] <infobliss>	 http I think
[07:27:48] <zhuyifei1999_>	 uh :/
[07:27:56] <infobliss>	 accessible using http in the browser
[07:28:11] <zhuyifei1999_>	 no not that
[07:28:44] <infobliss>	 For non-browser Applications (Proxy_Name: proxy21.iitd.ac.in Proxy_IP: 10.10.78.21 Proxy_port: 3128)
[07:30:25] <zhuyifei1999_>	 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOCKS#Comparison_to_HTTP_proxying
[07:31:14] <zhuyifei1999_>	 can I see a screenshot of your proxy configuration?
[07:32:01] <infobliss>	 just a min
[07:33:40] <infobliss>	 https://ibb.co/mhLwxk
[07:34:53] * zhuyifei1999_ facepalm
[07:35:25] <infobliss>	 wait I will ask someone
[07:35:29] <zhuyifei1999_>	 k
[07:36:43] <zhuyifei1999_>	 also can you show me the relevant configuration in apt.conf?
[07:36:51] <zhuyifei1999_>	 it might hint something
[07:37:40] <infobliss>	 just a min
[07:42:01] <infobliss>	 https://ibb.co/eocbxk
[07:42:35] * zhuyifei1999_ facepalm again
[07:42:48] <infobliss>	 need a brb (bathroom break )
[07:42:53] <zhuyifei1999_>	 k
[07:54:15] <infobliss>	 I just talked to a friend who said the protocol is http
[07:54:23] <zhuyifei1999_>	 ok
[07:54:31] <zhuyifei1999_>	 hmm
[07:54:57] <infobliss>	 he also said that there are some rules set by admin that may not allow me to ssh to some servers.
[07:56:04] * zhuyifei1999_ hates these rules
[07:56:10] <infobliss>	 some of the sites including torrent are also blocked
[07:56:54] <infobliss>	 but the good news is that our campus wifi is a lot liberal
[07:57:14] <zhuyifei1999_>	 in that case can you switch to campus wifi?
[07:57:21] <infobliss>	 In fact before my os went down I used to ssh using wifi
[07:58:17] <infobliss>	 yeah but I am unable to take backup of my files since it is not mounting any external hard disk
[07:58:35] <infobliss>	 so unable to reinstall ubuntu
[07:58:40] <zhuyifei1999_>	 sudo mount
[07:58:57] <zhuyifei1999_>	 <device> <mount point>
[08:01:22] <infobliss_>	 sorry net went off
[08:01:38] <zhuyifei1999_>	 it's okay
[08:01:55] <zhuyifei1999_>	 I basically said sudo mount <device> <mount point>
[08:02:39] <infobliss_>	 <device>?
[08:03:29] <zhuyifei1999_>	 the block/character files in /dev
[08:03:41] <zhuyifei1999_>	 eg. /dev/sda1
[08:03:43] <infobliss_>	 ok
[08:05:12] <zhuyifei1999_>	 or, can you use ubuntu live so you get a GUI?
[08:05:37] <zhuyifei1999_>	 a.k.a. "try before install"
[08:06:51] <infobliss_>	 well yeah
[08:07:01] <infobliss_>	 that will be easy
[08:07:14] <zhuyifei1999_>	 you can mount the drive there right?
[08:07:23] <infobliss_>	 nope
[08:07:32] <zhuyifei1999_>	 why not?
[08:08:01] <infobliss_>	 I inserted my flash drive
[08:08:15] <zhuyifei1999_>	 and then?
[08:08:29] <infobliss_>	 now do I supposed to get one sda extra in the /dev?
[08:08:41] <zhuyifei1999_>	 should be sdb or sdc
[08:08:46] <zhuyifei1999_>	 if your main is sda
[08:09:02] <zhuyifei1999_>	 the 1 is the partition number
[08:09:26] <infobliss_>	 there's 2
[08:09:33] <infobliss_>	 sdb and sdb1
[08:09:46] <infobliss_>	 which is the flash drive?
[08:10:04] <zhuyifei1999_>	 before plugging in there are no sdb or shd1 right?
[08:10:08] <zhuyifei1999_>	 *sdb1
[08:10:39] <infobliss_>	 ok let me reinsert
[08:11:13] <infobliss_>	 no sdb at all before plugging in
[08:11:27] <zhuyifei1999_>	 ok, then the device should be sdb1
[08:11:35] <infobliss_>	 cool
[08:11:47] <infobliss_>	 mount point?
[08:11:55] <zhuyifei1999_>	 sdb is the entire drive, including the MBR. sdb1 is your partition
[08:12:03] <infobliss_>	 ok
[08:12:11] <zhuyifei1999_>	 just an empty folder owned by root
[08:12:20] <zhuyifei1999_>	 I usually use /mnt
[08:12:21] <infobliss_>	 ok 
[08:13:07] <zhuyifei1999_>	 or if it's in use you can create a folder in /mnt with sudo and mount it to the new folder
[08:13:58] <infobliss_>	 thanks man I can access the flash drive
[08:14:12] <zhuyifei1999_>	 actually, why am I doing this in the old-fashioned way? I just remembered $ gnome-disks
[08:14:42] <zhuyifei1999_>	 it's a gui for doing stuffs with disks in gnome
[08:15:30] <infobliss_>	 ok nice
[08:17:53] <infobliss_>	 I will let you know once I have done the backup and have the new installation done.
[08:17:58] <zhuyifei1999_>	 k
[08:18:13] <infobliss_>	 I will be going for lunch
[08:18:20] <zhuyifei1999_>	 k
[11:50:55] <zhuyifei1999_>	 infobliss_: so how did things go?
[11:58:25] <infobliss_>	 hi
[11:58:34] <infobliss_>	 things are restored
[11:59:07] <infobliss_>	 In fact I just upgraded 14.04 to 16.04 without having to change any of my files :)
[11:59:29] <zhuyifei1999_>	 nice
[11:59:41] <infobliss_>	 Now I can focus on the task again
[11:59:54] <zhuyifei1999_>	 k
[12:00:22] <infobliss_>	 today I will read the youtube-dl code to find some inspiration there
[12:00:30] <zhuyifei1999_>	 k