Greg Knaddison wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > I'll look into that, but since the problem went away as soon as i turned my iptables service off, I'd guess that had at least something to do with it. Anne
