yum error connection refused

aceone · 08-19-2009, 11:16 AM

Hi,
I am using RHEL5 on VMWare.i have created a yum repository and its client file.I am getting a error " connection refused".I tried iptables -F ,but it did'nt helped.my .repo file is

[Server]
name=Server
baseurl=ftp://192.168.0.254/pub/Server
gpgcheck=0

similarly for VT
..

my machine's ip is 192.168.0.254.when i do yum list,i get error message.kindly help.

Thanks

forrestt · 08-19-2009, 11:17 AM

Are you able to do anonymous ftp to 192.168.0.254 outside of yum?

Forrest

aceone · 08-19-2009, 11:58 AM

No."connection refused"

forrestt · 08-19-2009, 12:13 PM

Are you running an ftp server?

Forrest

lazlow · 08-19-2009, 12:40 PM

If you are running RHEL in a VM, RHEL will have a virtual ip address that is different (and probably on a different sub net) than the machines ip. This may be causing issues with the way your ftp server is configured. ethtool ethX will spit out what RHEL thinks its ip is(X for whatever nic it is).

aceone · 08-19-2009, 12:47 PM

no ftp server.
Its a fresh install.
i have specified the IP address using neat-tui.i can even ping it from other RHEL machine (unother VMWare) i was getting ftp connection refused error and now its damaged repomd.xml file error.

forrestt · 08-19-2009, 01:13 PM

Well, if you are trying to connect to your system via ftp, you will need to run an ftp server. If you want to have yum connect, you will need anonymous ftp.

HTH

Forrest