What is YUM Server
 

I want to install Yum Server.However while going through the initial setup guide I have found some things to be very difficult to understand.

I m giving you the lines which i found hard to understand.
Request you to help me understanding them.

What IS CSI?(Is it a special kind of license?)

What do you mean by unbreakable linux?
What do you mean by i386, x86_64, and ia64 repositories ?

What is RPM GPG key?

Where would i find username and password ?

Did you search anywhere for this information:

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=yum+server

I have googled it and found few guides but i m still confused about some aspects ?There fore posting it in linux for dummy section.

hey friend
 

if you want to use yum to get packages of your dvd
what i do is
edit yum.conf and add at the bottom

[redhat.repo]
name=redhat.repo
baseurl=file:///media # locally mounted cd on /media OR
baseurl=file:///some/dir # if you want to copy all the packages to /some/dir
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

turn off gpg
gpgcheck=0

pinga;
Your description sounds like you are using RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Things like "CSI", username, and password probably relate to your RedHat subscription. If you do not have a paid subscription to RHEL, then you will probably be better off with something like CentOS (or some other Linux entirely.)

I missed **why** you want to have a YUM Server.....

What do I mean? I haven't used the phrase. Unbreakable Linux is oracle's name for their version of RHEL.

Those are repositories ( = collections of things, in this case software packages ) of software for different software architectures. I'd bet, if you really tried, you could guess which one was compiled for i386 which for x86_64 and which for ia64. (hint: most people won't want the ia64 one; it is for the relatively uncommon itanium arch, where the other two are for variants of the more common x86 arch.)

You seem to be using some commercial version of Linux with paid-for support. Is there a good reason why your first line of attack wasn't to consult the people who you are presumably paying for support?

You, or the sys admin, if that's not you, will have given those initially. You really ought to remember them, as you won't be able to look up the password anywhere.

This is the newbie sub-forum; it would be ideal if newbies aren't dummies, and not all are, by any means.

My version of linux :OEM 5.4 64 bit.

Now whenever i fire a command up2date it give me following notification.
How would i obtain Enterprise Linux public key.

Your answer is the two lines above your question:
Just run this command as root, you're fine if your subscription is up to date...

I run the above command .
But whenever i run up2date-nox --register command it asks me username password and CSI number .
Now how do i go about it?

Pay for a subscription.

If the OS is free then why do they ask for a subscription?

Perhaps a better question is why, if the problem all along has been that you didn't choose to pay for a subscription, did you select a distribution that is only available on a basis that you wouldn't agree to?

To answer your question, you get a lot more than an OS. And because, to some people this represents value, they are prepared to pay. It is becoming increasingly clear that you are either not one of them, or don't want to be one of them.

Another answer is 'because they can' or maybe 'because they stay in business that way' and I don't blame them for that, but then I don't particularly care about being one of their customers.

this is not going to help period
 

sorry, guys. this is just absolutely ... cute, if u may
tickles my funny bone :)

Linux distros are typically OpenSource (there are some that include some proprietary SW), but OpenSource has nothing to do with charging money.

RedHat Enterprise is a paid distribution. It is set up for institutional users who want support from the vendor. If you do not want to pay for that support, you do have options: You can get a free "evaluation" copy or you can use CentOS.

But don't expect to use all of the RedHat-supported features without paying.