Re: Is temp.redhat.com down?

[Nelson Little <nel74 tig com au>]

Sorry about that, I didn't know I sent it to you instead of the list. If
you do get a response from the webmaster about temp.redhat.com could you
please forward me a copy also, if you post it to the list there is a better
chance than not of me missing the post. Thanks for the help :)

Nelson


At 18:50 31/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Good evening, Nelson,
>
>On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Nelson Little wrote:
>
>> I was given this URL for info regarding PAM :
>> http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pam/ but when I type that in I get
>> redirected to: http://temp.redhat.com/linux-info/pam/ But it doesn't work
>> because I get: 
>> 
>> The following error was encountered: 
>> 
>>      Connection Failed 
>> 
>> The system returned: 
>> 
>>     (113) No route to host
>> 
>> This means that: 
>> 
>>     The remote site or server may be down.  Please try again soon.
>> 
>> I tried for the past day to get in but I can't get in. Does anyone know if
>> this information is on a mirror site, and what the address of such a
site is?
>
>	Apparently the RedHat staff have redirected info about pam off to another
>server - the temp.redhat.com you see above.  That machine can be reached 
>from the
>Internet, but router.redhat.com responds with an "admin prohibited filter"
icmp
>message when one tries to reach the web server on it.  That probably means 
>their
>firewall is blocking access from the outside world.
>	In short, either their firewall or the original redirect is probably
>misconfigured.  I'm sending a copy of this to the webmaster, but don't be 
>surprised
>if they're off for the weekend too!
>	Until Monday, you might try an Altavista search for "Orange-Linux"; I _think_
>that web site had some pam info too.
>	Cheers,
>	- Bill
>
>BTW - Your original message appeared to be directed specifically at me and 
>not at the
>RedHat-list.  While I'm happy to help, you've got a much better chance at an 
>answer
>with all the brainpower and experience on that list combined than with me 
>alone...
>:-)