What does the error "yum: No match" means?

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Issue

Yum prints just the following "yum: No match" error message when trying to install or update the package:

[root@serv ~]# yum install samba\*
yum: No match.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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