Receiving "Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: rhel-x86_64-server-5" error while trying to update system through RHN hosted via http proxy server

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • While trying to update system through RHN hosted via http proxy, following error persists for RHN repositories:
Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: rhel-x86_64-server-5

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Network Hosted (RHN) accessed via HTTP proxy
  • m2crypto-0.16-6.el5.1

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