On 11/9/05, Anne Ramey <anner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Anne Ramey wrote: > > I'm getting this error this morning: > > [Errno -1] Metadata file does not match checksum > > > > for all my respositories. Is there something going on or is my system > > screwed up somehow? > > > > Anne > > Something occurred to me when I tried cpan and it didn't work either. > It was my iptables setup. What do I need to allow through for yum to > with with iptables on? > That probably depends on what kind of repositories you've got (ftp, http, file/nfs), but I don't think iptables is your problem. This looks like the classic proxy problem: http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq#Q5 Let us know how the troubleshooting steps in that FAQ go. Thanks, Greg