I've been doing redhat up2date updates since I first installed redhat Linux 8 about 3 months ago. I have downloaded the "psyche" (RH v8) for free and installed it. I was able to register on the redhat site even though I did not pay redhat for the distribution, but did the free download.
Two updates ago, using the up2date program, I saw a program called simply enough "file." That was all it was called. I was suspicious so I did not down load it with the other updates.
The last update using up2date went well, and was quite large, including a kernal update. Once again there was an rpm called "file" but this time I decided that it was probably from the redhat site, and was okay to download.
Since then I have not been able to do any updates using up2date. It gives me the following error message:
"Error Message:
Demo service for server 1001938938 limited due to high load
Error Class Code: 51
Error Class Info:
Demo service currently disabled due to high load. If you would like
to see Red Hat's policies on Demo service, or find out how you can
purchase a subscription service and receive priority download access,
please go to
http://rhn.redhat.com/preview/index.pxt"
My suspicion is that the rpm called file is to blame. I suspect that they could not prevent me from updating using the up2date utility, without putting something on my local drive. The error messages all read the same and it doesn't matter what time of the day or night I run up2date. I'm guessing that this is just a message now stored on my local drive that comes up whenever I try to use up2date as a non-paying subscriber. There are 9 updates currently pending, but there is no rpm called "file" this time. And again, I'm blocked from downloading and installing the updates.
Has anyone had similar problems? If so, does anyone know a fix for this?
Thank you,
sadmac