[Yum] using yum for the first time

[seth vidal]

> > Gathering package information from servers
> > Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 base
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> >   File "/usr/bin/yum", line 44, in ?
> >     yummain.main(sys.argv[1:])
> >   File "yummain.py", line 141, in main
> >   File "clientStuff.py", line 643, in get_package_info_from_servers
> > OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/cache/yum/base'
> > [drussi at localhost drussi]$
> 
> Has anybody ever experienced this. Can anyone help me out to get it 
> runnning I am really hanging and have no idea why I get the last line 
> before the prompt returns for me to try again to get yum working and end 
> up with the same result.

run yum as root. You're running it as a user for the first time and
that's why you're seeing that problem. Run it as root.

-sv