yum update fails with "[Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>"

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • When running the following yum commands the following error is produced.
#  yum -y --downloadonly 
#  yum repolist enabled  connects to repo server through proxy

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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