"HELP!!" yum error [Errno 14] HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
 

Hello all,

I've actually updated my system yesterday using
>> yum update
and installed all the packages.
Today, I've been trying to update my qt using yum, here's the error I receive

>>yum list qt\*
Could not retrieve mirrorlist h t t p://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-8&arch=i386 error was
[Errno 14] HTTP Error 401: Unauthorized
Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

I've googled for this error but I don't see anything working for me.


More info:
yum.conf
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
http_user=username
http_password=7password
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
metadata_expire=1800
installonly_limit=2

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
proxy=h t t p://150.45.1.xxx:yy/
# The account details for yum connections
proxy_username=user
proxy_password=password

[root@localhost src]# yum repolist
repo id repo name status
InstallMedia Fedora 8 enabled
fedora Fedora 8 - i386 enabled
updates Fedora 8 - i386 - Updates enabled

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Best,
Chenna Varri

At first glance this looks like a problem with the proxy setup. Are you using a proxy server? If not, comment out those lines in yum.conf. Otherwise you will need to give a valid ip address for the proxy server along with an appropriate username and password.

Bill

Issue solved
 

Hello,

The problem was with the proxy server at my end.. my colleague figured out that and fixed it .. I had to authenticate with the server.. and everything's fine now..
I've commented out the lines also.
Thanks.:o)