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Old 09-10-2011, 11:15 AM   #1
priyu
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up2date error:temporary failure in name resolution


when running the command up2date ,my rhel 4 is showing the above mentioned error...i am not able to install packages as i am not able to use yum command also.
can anyone suggest wat shld i do?
 
Old 09-10-2011, 05:03 PM   #2
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You should figure out why DNS isn't working, and fix it.

(If that's too brief for you, sorry, but I can't tell you from here why your DNS isn't working)
 
Old 09-11-2011, 03:11 AM   #3
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ok thanks!!!
 
Old 09-11-2011, 03:12 AM   #4
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Posting in the correct forum would help. Reported for moving.
 
  


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