Pertino Not Working on Ubuntu Server 14.04 (RESOLVED)

thanksajdotcom

So I thought I'd post this here for everyone's benefit.

I followed the install instructions for apt found here: http://pertino.com/download-linux
Server is a Ubuntu Server 14.04, so no GUI. I was having an issue where installing Pertino would work as a process. I ran

sudo apt-get -y install pertino-client

and it would install, ask for my username and password, and everything seemed good. However, if I ran an

ifconfig

nothing would show up. There was no pertino0 adapter, which was quite frustrating. If I did this

cd /opt/pertino/pgateway
./.pauth -u username -p password

it authenticated correctly, so I knew it wasn't a credentials issue. After working with Pertino's awesome support, David told me to delete the pertino.conf file.

sudo rm /etc/pertino.conf

After I did that, I removed and reinstalled the client.

sudo apt-get purge pertino-client
sudo apt-get install pertino-client

I entered in my credentials again, and huzzah! It worked! Not sure what the issue was. I know I'd tried installing Pertino once in the past, and maybe it didn't fully remove, but whatever it was, now I can do a putty session via the Pertino IP from work to the box directly!

@scottalanmiller, try removing Pertino, deleting that pertino.conf file, and reinstalling. Maybe it'll work this time.

Thanks!
A.J.

Bill Kindle

@thanksaj is it working on 14.10?

thanksajdotcom

@Bill-Kindle said:

@thanksaj is it working on 14.10?

Hehe. I don't dare update to 14.1o, because the update process completely breaks package management. Fun right?

thanksajdotcom

@Bill-Kindle said:

@thanksaj is it working on 14.10?

But it did work.

Reid Cooper

So you have not been able to determine what is wrong with the upgrade process on Ubuntu yet? Maybe try creating a test VM and see if you can replicate the issue on there?

thanksajdotcom

@Reid-Cooper said:

So you have not been able to determine what is wrong with the upgrade process on Ubuntu yet? Maybe try creating a test VM and see if you can replicate the issue on there?

Not sure what's going on with the upgrade process. Haven't really worried about it. I'll keep running

apt-get upgrade

and if that doesn't do it, then I'll just wait til it does. It will eventually.

scottalanmiller

That doesn't seem likely.

thanksajdotcom

@scottalanmiller said:

That doesn't seem likely.

I'll try

apt-get dist-upgrade

again in a month or so. If it works then, great. If not, the server functions perfectly well and stable as is on 14.04.

scottalanmiller

"Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results." -- Narcotics Anonymous