VDQ : yum error under 4.0

[Beartooth]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:38:00 -0500, Bill Fink wrote:

>> I checked the userid and password. I'm betting I failed to understand
>> directions, somehow (They're pretty laconic.), and messed up my
>> yum.conf
> 
> The error message indicates it doesn't like your username and password.
> If you directly "ftp ftp.ydl.net" from the command line, and try to
> login with that username and password, does it work?

I just tried. Sure enough, it does not work. I sent a note to ydl-support,
after checking the id & pwd they sent me, which does work on the web site.

> And I assume you don't really have the '<' and '>' characters around
> your username and password in your yum.conf file.

Right. But I wondered if maybe you're supposed to put their lines in as
is, with "userid:password" instead of substituting. Seems crazy -- how
would their machine ever get the real ones -- and I haven't tried it ...

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