up2date: how to make it work?

[Jim Cornette]

Cathy Dutro wrote:
> I’m a newcomer to the list, and apologize if it’s already been answered
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> With Redhat 9, it was easy to get up2date working, and I could sign up 
> for network support on a “demo’” basis to get the agent to automatically 
> download only the necessary updates from the Redhat network
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> Since “upgrading” (?) to Fedora, Up2date no longer works – it 
> essentially says that the operating system isn’t supported, and dies 
> with an error statement
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> Going to the network site at redhat.com, I see nothing about Fedora
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> Going to fedora.redhat.com, I see nothing about network support (just a 
> pointer to the updates folder)
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> Can Up2date work with Fedora?
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> Thanks
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> Larry Brenkus
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> cathy.dutro at verizon.net <mailto:cathy.dutro at verizon.net>
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in the file /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources you need to put a # before the 
section that states

up2date default

to look something like below:

## up2date default

---

Doing this will turn off RHN and all of the yum, apt and local 
directories should work.