[8.10] Authentication failed.

[tacticalbread]

whenever I try to update to 8.10 via the Update Manager, I get this error.

any ideas why?

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/5014/35162407iu0.png

[Skip Da Shu]

Same problem here... in Xubuntu 64b

[jonathanhayward]

I'm trying, from the command line, as root:

# do-release-upgrade

[jonathanhayward]

Just a followup note:

When I ran, as root, from the command line:

# do-release-upgrade

it asked a few questions, like whether I wanted to create new configuration files (I said "Yes" to that and the other questions).

But it got me a working upgrade with less fuss than I was expecting.

It might be nice for someone to document "Here are the questions you'll be asked, and here are the answers," but as a workaround for the broken graphical upgrade, the command line upgrade is reasonable.

[Skip Da Shu]

Just a followup note:

When I ran, as root, from the command line:

# do-release-upgrade

it asked a few questions, like whether I wanted to create new configuration files (I said "Yes" to that and the other questions).

But it got me a working upgrade with less fuss than I was expecting.

It might be nice for someone to document "Here are the questions you'll be asked, and here are the answers," but as a workaround for the broken graphical upgrade, the command line upgrade is reasonable.

I guess I'm too much of a noob ... tell me how you got to the root command prompt (from Grub menu?)... using sudo in / I get:


skip@crunch30:/$ sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new ubuntu release
Failed Upgrade tool signature
Done Upgrade tool
Done downloading
extracting 'intrepid.tar.gz'
authenticate 'intrepid.tar.gz' against 'intrepid.tar.gz.gpg'
exception from gpg: GnuPG exited non-zero, with code 131072
Debug information:

gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir `/tmp/tmpVRzr0u'

gpg: can't open `/tmp/tmpVRzr0u/intrepid.tar.gz.gpg'
gpg: verify signatures failed: file open error

Authentication failed
Authenticating the upgrade failed. There may be a problem with the network or with the server.
skip@crunch30:/$

[Jonathan_of_Cincinnati]

I am getting the same error messages. I have tried sudo apt-get update as me and as root. They all come back as error with gpg issues. Why it is not updating the gpg file.

Looks something like this...
root@jonathan-laptop:/# sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release.gpg [189B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release.gpg [189B]
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://download.skype.com stable Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Translation-en_US
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release.gpg [307B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Translation-en_US
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release.gpg [189B]
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release [58.5kB]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release [52.9kB]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Translation-en_US
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release [52.9kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release [52.9kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Sources
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Packages
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Sources
Ign http://download.skype.com stable/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://download.skype.com stable Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://download.skype.com stable/non-free Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty/main Packages
Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release [58.5kB]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/multiverse Sources
Fetched 1493B in 2min40s (9B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 106A92EF1E5F9737
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 106A92EF1E5F9737
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
W: GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems


WHERE is the darn key...just had them in my pocket a minute ago. LOL

[wpshooter]

whenever I try to update to 8.10 via the Update Manager, I get this error.

any ideas why?

http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/5014/35162407iu0.png

Can you connect to the internet via Firefox, etc. ?

If so, then try changing to a different Ubuntu server in software sources.

[ayourk]

Here is my solution:

gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 106A92EF1E5F9737
gpg --armor --export 106A92EF1E5F9737 | apt-key add -
apt-get update

Substitute each line where NO_PUBKEY exists with the appropriate key not found.