I have installed Centos5.2 I have made yum server and I have done createrepo /var/ftp/pub/CentOS/ it is successfully done and I allowed /pub directory from selinux also but what problem I get is below :

[root@rahil ~]# yum install bind
ftp://172.16.19.66/pub/CentOS/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno ftp error] (111, 'Connection refused')
Trying other mirror.
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: server installer. Please verify its path and try again

and I have restarted vsftpd service also.

I have created repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/server.repo

and I have done createrepo /var/ftp/pub/ also

and I have restarted vsftpd service also

here is my repo configuration below

[server installer]
name=CentOS Linux
baseurl=ftp://172.16.19.66/pub/CentOS/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0


say if any problem

I wish I knew more about CentOS

Here is a support forum hosted by the CentOS community

http://centos.org/modules/newbb/view...d=7683&forum=1

you can choose which version..and it has both forums and irc chat

Here is a document page:

http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.2/

Look here for info on how the repository file should look:

http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yu...intenance.html

Sample

[base]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
protect=1

#released updates
[update]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/updates/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
protect=1

#packages used/produced in the build but not released
[addons]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Addons
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/addons/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
protect=0

#additional packages that may be useful
[extras]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Extras
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/extras/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
protect=0

#additional packages that extend functionality of existing packages
[centosplus]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Plus
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/centosplus/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
protect=0

#contrib - packages by Centos Users
[contrib]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Contrib
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/contrib/$basearch/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0
gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
protect=0

Read the discussion about the options and what they mean

I have solved this problem, What I did is I disable SElinux then I have allowed from SELinux with "restorcorn /etc/yum.repos.d/server.repo /var/ftp/pub/ and it works.