8.1 -- YOU Behind a Firewall

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 8.1

Situation

Your attempt to run YaST Online Update fails because the firewall in front of your machine does not allow active FTP. The error message suggests you select a different SuSE FTP or HTTP server.

Procedure

YaST Online Update uses the program wget to retrieve patches from the SuSE server. The option

passive_ftp = on

must be set in wget's system-wide configuration file

/etc/wgetrc

To do this, open a console or an xterm and log in as root with the command su -. Edit the file with an ASCII editor, such as pico, and insert this option.

Alternatively, execute the following command as root:

rpm -Uhv http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ftp.suse.com/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586/yast2-packagemanager-2.6.36-2.i586.rpm

By means of this command, an update of YOU changing YOU's default value for passive ftp is installed via HTTP. If your machine is behind a proxy server, the following RPM options will also prove very useful:

--httpproxy
--httpport

Keywords: YOU, YAST, ONLINE, UPDATE, PATCHES, FTP, SERVER

Categories: Network

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