Hi! > I never knew that! thanks! > > so does everyone have the problem of yum not working unless you go in as > root? I didnt think in fc5 that was the case, > but maybe I am wrong. I am in F7 and yum works very well when I su to root. > > thx, > > Diego > > On 9/9/07, Kulbir Saini <kulbirsaini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> > Ok, nevermind, >> > >> > I somehow fixed it. 3 problems mostly with the .repo - still strange, >> but >> > just for reference: >> > >> > mirrorlist= does not work, I have to use a valid baseurl >> > the name= requires the addition of the word "Base" at the end >> > cannot su to root, must login in as root? does su not really make you >> > root? >> > just admin? >> >> No, su doesn't make you root. $USER still remains the same and if some >> application uses $USER as reference to check authenticity , it'll fail. >> >> > >> > Thanks! >> > >> > Diego >> > >> > On 9/9/07, Diego Martinez <admar505@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> >> >> no! and I just checked all the dependencies, so I am pretty sure >> that >> I >> >> did not somehow break python, >> >> sooooo, I am still clueless. >> >> >> >> thanks for replying! >> >> >> >> Diego >> >> >> >> On 9/8/07, Tim Lauridsen <tla@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Diego Martinez wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Hello, >> >> > >> >> > I am having massive trouble with yum, before and after upgrade to >> >> fedora >> >> > 7 >> >> > >> >> > here is the output: >> >> > >yum update yumex >> >> > Setting up Update Process >> >> > Could not retrieve mirrorlist >> >> > >> http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-7&arch=x86_64error >> >> was >> >> > [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not >> known')> >> >> > >> http://mirror.nuvio.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/repomd.xml >> >> > : [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (-2, 'Name or service not >> known')> >> >> > Trying other mirror. >> >> > Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: fedora >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > I know I am pointing at a certain repository, but it is sane, and >> if >> I >> >> > use the mirror list, and cant read it, with a similar error - that >> is >> >> the >> >> > first set. so it kind of looks like there is some communication >> >> error, but >> >> > I have no clue why. this happens with or without the firewall, and >> >> the urls >> >> > work - I am totally stuck! this is the first time in >10yrs of >> using >> >> linux >> >> > I have had a problem I cannot fix myself! >> >> > >> >> > I appreciate any suggestions! Thank you! >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------ >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Yum mailing list >> >> > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> .eduhttps://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >> >> > >> >> > Are you using a proxy ?? >> >> > >> >> > Tim >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Yum mailing list >> >> > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >> >> > >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > A----T >> > T--------A >> > G---------C >> > C-------G >> > G----G >> > KiddoMics.CoM >> > T--A >> > G-----C >> > A--------T >> > A---------T >> > T--------A >> > T-----A >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Yum mailing list >> > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> Thank you, >> Kulbir Saini, >> Computer Science and Engineering, >> International Institute of Information Technology, >> Hyderbad, India - 500032. >> >> ("`-/")_.-'"``-._ >> . . `; -._ )-;-,_`) >> (v_,)' _ )`-.\ ``-' >> _.- _..-_/ / ((.' >> ((,.-' ((,/ fL >> >> My Home-Page: http://students.iiit.ac.in/~kulbirsaini/ >> My Institute: http://www.iiit.ac.in/ >> My Web-Blog: http://kulbirsaini.wordpress.com/ >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Yum mailing list >> Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >> > > > > -- > A----T > T--------A > G---------C > C-------G > G----G > KiddoMics.CoM > T--A > G-----C > A--------T > A---------T > T--------A > T-----A > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > ------------------------------------------------------- Thank you, Kulbir Saini, Computer Science and Engineering, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderbad, India - 500032. 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