[Yum] any way to force yum 1.0.3 to use passive mode with ftp respositories?

[Alastair Neil]

Hi 

I am new to the list and I'm having a problem with 7.3 clients. I have
set up a yum repository to patch a number of RH 7.x vintage and RH 9
boxes.  The repository itself is a RH9 box running only vsftpd.  The RH9
clients work fine, 7.3 clients,however, are timing out when issuing a
nslt command for the header.info file.  The problem seems to be that the
1.0.3 yum client doesn't use passive mode.  I can grab the files by hand
using ftp, but see the same timeout if I turn off passive mode.  The
repository box and the clients are on either sides of a firewall.

Any suggestions?
 

rgds Alastair Neil

 
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Dr. Alastair Neil
Unix Systems Administrator
IT&E Labs
George Mason University	
(703) 993-3953