Hi, I would like to connect to a yum repository using a url like: ftp://user:passwd@host/rest-of-url When I try this, I get: Error getting file ftp://yum:yum@localhost/rh8.0-stable-i386/headers/header.info [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not known')> Is it possible to use non-anonymous ftp with yum? [I'm running this using yum 1.0.3-1_80 on redhat 8.0] By the way, is it possible to run newer yum versions on RH8.0? The yum downloads page at http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download.ptml seems clear that 1.0.3 is the appropriate version for RH8, but I'm always hopeful :-) If so, any hints on what needs to be upgraded would be appreciated. Note that I'm intending to use yum to apply mandatory patches & updates to an RH8 server, so upgrading to RH9 is *not* an option... Thanks, Simon
