Problem with YUM???
Bill Tetens
zuki269 at netscape.net
Sat Aug 28 20:07:58 UTC 2004
jvian10 at charter.net wrote:
>On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 08:26, Bill Tetens wrote:
>
>
>>webid at cfl.rr.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 23:24, Bill Tetens wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I was given a site for a updated yum.conf file but am having a problem.
>>>>I can get the file into a VIM file named /etc/yum.conf but cannot save
>>>>the file. Not sure what is wrong but would welcome any suggestions. I
>>>>first perserved the yum.conf file by using the CD /etc command under
>>>>root. That file does not exist but cannot write the file in the VIM
>>>>program in place of it even though VIM shows that the file is named
>>>>yum.conf. It seems some type of restriction is on that file name or
>>>>something. Hope I have explained enough that you understand my problem.
>>>>
>>>>Help will be greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>/etc/yum.conf has 655 permissions which means it is read/writable by
>>>root and read only by others only.
>>>
>>>I am assuming you meant you did a cp /etc/yum.conf someotherfilename to
>>>save a copy of the that file not CD. cd is for changing your current
>>>directory.
>>>
>>>To edit the file you will need to have root permissions or be logged in
>>>as root. To do that issue the following command:
>>>
>>>su -
>>>
>>>It will prompt you for roots password and change the prompt to #.
>>>
>>>Then use vi to edit /etc/yum.conf and save your changes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Got up this morning and started my first cup of coffee and suddenly it
>>dawned on my that I needed to be in root. When I got to the computer
>>there was your help and it told me the same thing. Anyway I changed the
>> yum.conf file and it works just fine now.
>>
>>I tried the cp command and it did not work. Where can I find a listing
>>of all the commands. I have several of them but there has to be a list
>>somewhere.
>>
>>Thanks again for the help.
>>
>>
>>
>
>One of the best references I know of that has the majority of the
>commands (as well as a lot of other information) is "Linux in a
>Nutshell" by O'reilly. A very good reference for anyone using any
>flavor of Linux.
>
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Got Linux in a Nutshell on the way. Guess I did sonething right other
than get into Linux.
Thanks to everyone for the help...
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