[CentOS] yum problem

[James Bensley]

It doesn't matter if its in resolv.conf you don't seem to have a
working DNS provider.

I would start there, use nslookup, can you solve anything? Check with
your resolv.conf, what name server are you using, can you ping it? Try
another name server?

2009/1/27 Mad Unix <madunix at gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:45 AM, James Bensley <jwbensley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can you surf the web ok? Is it a DNS resolution problem, 'Temporary
>> failure in name resolution' ?
>>
>> Have you tried another mirror?
>>
>>
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>> PS+++ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5 X+ R- tv+ b+> DI D+++ G+ e(+++++) h--(++) r++ z++
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> no, I think the DNS issue, but i have included it in the resolv.conf
>
> root at king Tue Jan 27 ~ $ ftp ftp.centos.org
> ftp: ftp.centos.org: unknown host
> ftp> quit
> root at king Tue Jan 27 ~ $ ftp ftp.freebsd.org
> ftp: ftp.freebsd.org: unknown host
> ftp>
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-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
  Version: 3.1
GIT/MU/U dpu s: a--> C++>$ U+> L++> B-> P+> E?> W+++>$ N K W++ O M++>$ V-
PS+++ PE++ Y+ PGP t 5 X+ R- tv+ b+> DI D+++ G+ e(+++++) h--(++) r++ z++
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------