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vladimir pavloski
Asked: 2019-04-17 12:47:35 +0800 CST

I can't run wttr.ini in Xubuntu 16.04.6, connection time out

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When I try to run "curl wttr.in" I get this:

curl: (7) Failed to connect to 192.168.49.1 port 8282: Connection timed out .

Firewall is disable (ufw -> innactive), how can I fix that? I have the latest version of curl (curl 7.47.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)), So far I couldn't find wttr.ini conf files. Appreciate some help. Vladi

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  1. The problem is that you have some wrong configuration in your local ~/.curlrc (probably a proxy server). It tries to connect to the proxy server instead of wttr.in, and the server is not reachable (connection timeout).

    That's also the reason why it works when you are using sudo: because your root user does not have this misconfigured .curlrc in its home directory (/root).

    Of course, you do not need root rights to use curl.

    To check my conjecture, just increase the verbosity level, while doing the query:

        curl -v wttr.in/?q

    You will see that the client is trying to connecting to the proxy server.

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