Kersey Black wrote: > Hi, > Have been trying yesterday and today to pull down the new config file for > yum, to update to 5.5. I > always get the same message, although I did this just fine a few days ago > on another computer. > > Am I the only one having this problem? or is there something up with the > ftp site? > Thanks for any help. > > Here is the failed command (I am trying to update some Intel _x64 boxes). > > > []# rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5x/i386/misc/ > RPMS/yum-conf- > latest.SL.noarch.rpm > Retrieving ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5x/i386/misc/RP > MS/yum-conf- > latest.SL.noarch.rpm > error: skipping ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5x/i386/mi > sc/RPMS/yum-conf- > latest.SL.noarch.rpm - transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error I was able to get the file, but then I'm fairly close to the server. Can you get it outside of rpm trying to get it. Try wget ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5x/i386/misc/RPMS/yum-conf-latest.SL.noarch.rpm or try the http equivalent wget http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5x/i386/misc/RPMS/yum-conf-latest.SL.noarch.rpm Troy -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LSCS/CSI/USS Group __________________________________________________