[rhn-users] Valid Entitlement; RHN Connections Fail/Timeout

[Goslin, Paul]

You'll get a lot more detailed information as to where it is failing if
you do:
 yum -v list update 
 
The output of mine (even though there are no updates currently) is:

Loading "rhnplugin" plugin
Loading "security" plugin
Config time: 0.037
Looking for repo options for [rhel-x86_64-server-5]
Yum Version: 3.2.22
Setting up Package Sacks
Skipping security plugin, no data
pkgsack time: 0.040
rpmdb time: 0.000
Building updates object
up:Obs Init time: 0.255
up:simple updates time: 0.121
up:obs time: 0.004
up:condense time: 0.000
updates time: 1.308



> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Tim Evans
> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 8:08 PM
> To: rhn-users at redhat.com
> Subject: [rhn-users] Valid Entitlement; RHN Connections Fail/Timeout
> 
> I have an RHEL 5.4 system that's got a valid RHN entitlement, 
> but which can't seem to connect with RHN:
> 
> [root at www ~]# yum list updates
> Loaded plugins: rhnplugin
> There was an error communicating with RHN.
> RHN support will be disabled.
> Error communicating with server. The message was:
> timed out
> 
> [takes about five minutes to time out]
> 
> Our other systems don't have any trouble connecting, just 
> this one. It is our firewall, so it's the only system on the 
> "outside" network; internal connections come via NAT through 
> the firewall. I've recycled both rhnsd and yum-updatesd, w/o results.
> 
> Ideas?
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