I am connecting without any difficulty, so I suggest you have a look at the firewall logs, prob in /var/log/messages and see where it is getting blocked. There could be any number of reasons/rules which are doing this and you will need to find them and make corrections...
According to "up2date --configure" option 10, the default connection is via https, port 443, tcp Regards, Peter On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 12:13, George Agnelli wrote: > I have been attempting to run up2date on a machine that is providing > firewall and routing to my home network. It seems that it only works if I > stop my firewall and set the default rules to ACCEPT. > > I would like to add some rules to my firewall script which will allow > up2date to work without leaving my system open. I can't seem to find out > which ports need to be open or what rules need to be applied to do this. Can > anyone offer any advice or point me to some documentation covering this? > > George > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list