On Apr 11, 2006, at 9:14 PM, Larry Kirsch wrote: > Hello; > > I'm new to the Linux world, and I have just inherited 3 linux > severs. I keep getting this email from one of the servers > > /etc/cron.daily/yum.cron: > > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /etc/httpd/logs: cpio: > rename failed - Is a directory > > I can see it's trying to update the httpd.i386 > 0:2.0.52-22.ent.centos4, but it can't. > > I ssh to the server and run the following commands > > yum clean headers > yum clean packages > > and then > > yum update > > I receive the same error message. Any help would be much appreaciated. > > Thanks > > Larry Hi Larry, I think the default is for the package to install /etc/ httpd/logs as a symlink to /var/log/httpd/. If you've changed /etc/ httpd/logs to be a real directory, that would be why the package is complaining. If that's the case, try reverting it to a symlink, and then doing a yum update. -Jeff
