On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 04:01:28PM -0600, mw-list-yum@xxxxxx wrote: > So yum, similarly to rpm, does not work with publicfile's httpd and > ftpd. Here is the interesting thing: the problem with httpd occurs only if I run yum as root: $ yum info yum Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base Server: Fedora Core 1 - Updates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Looking in Available Packages: Looking in Installed Packages: Name : yum Arch : noarch Version: 2.0.5 Release: 1 Size : 369.10 kB Group : System Environment/Base Repo : Locally Installed Summary: RPM installer/updater Description: Yum is a utility that can check for and automatically download and install updated RPM packages. Dependencies are obtained and downloaded automatically prompting the user as necessary. $ su - Password: # yum info yum Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base retrygrab() failed for: http://moni.msci.memphis.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os/headers/header.info Executing failover method failover: out of servers to try Error getting file http://moni.msci.memphis.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os/headers/header.info [Errno 6] ERROR: Url Return no Content-Length - something is wrong Mate -- --- Mate Wierdl | Dept. of Math. Sciences | University of Memphis Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html