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Sep 22, 2020 1:53 PM UTC

Technical Note: Operating system updates fail with errors

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Description
Yum updates fail with any of the following messages:

[Errno 14] curl#56 - "Callback aborted"
Trying other mirror.



yum lock messages during upgrade to 8.8.0 or 8.8.1 (trying to install winbind and radiusd)



+ /bsc/campusMgr/bin/internal/install-winbind
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 29063.
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: yum
Memory : 24 M RSS (420 MB VSZ)
Started: Tue Sep 8 11:02:00 2020 - 19:49 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 29063
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
The other application is: yum
Memory : 24 M RSS (420 MB VSZ)
Started: Tue Sep 8 11:02:00 2020 - 19:51 ago
State : Sleeping, pid: 29063



Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Existing lock /var/run/yum.pid: another copy is running as pid 29063.
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...
  The other application is: yum
    Memory :  24 M RSS (420 MB VSZ)
    Started: Tue Sep  8 11:02:00 2020 - 19:49 ago
    State  : Sleeping, pid: 29063
Another app is currently holding the yum lock; waiting for it to exit...




Unable to install winbind

Unable to install radiusd


This can occur if some or all traffic is being blocked by a firewall.

Scope
Version: 8.x

Solution
Option 1:  Ensure all FTP traffic is allowed for the eth0 IP address of all appliances.

Option 2:  Change the transfer protocol to either HTTP or HTTPs.  For instructions, see CentOS updates reference manual in the Fortinet Document Library.




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