Dear friends: Without any intervention or modification on my part, yum now works fine, both as user and root. Perhaps the problem was at Dag's end, not mine. [sher@localhost ~]$ yum list available |more Setting up Repos Reading repository metadata in from local files Available Packages 3ddesktop.i386 0.2.8-1.2.el4.rf dag 4g8.i386 1.0-1.2.el4.rf dag BasiliskII.i386 1.0-0.20050322.2.el4.r dag Canna.i386 3.7p3-7.EL4 sl-base Canna-devel.i386 3.7p3-7.EL4 sl-base Canna-libs.i386 3.7p3-7.EL4 sl-base ElectricFence.i386 2.2.2-19 sl-base FreeWnn.i386 1:1.10pl020-5 sl-base FreeWnn-devel.i386 1:1.10pl020-5 sl-base FreeWnn-libs.i386 1:1.10pl020-5 sl-base Hermes.i386 1.3.3-4.2.el4.rf dag Hermes-devel.i386 1.3.3-4.2.el4.rf dag Thank you all for your help. Benjamin
