Daily Archives: May 11, 2011

Fedora: how to add a sudo user (and avoid password)

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

How to add a user in the sudo list If you need to type commands using sudo, you will soon be tired to enter the sudo password again and again. Here are the steps to add a user in the … Continue reading →

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Fedora yum update fails

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

Sometimes, when you want to update your Fedora packages with : yum update the process fails with an error message similar to: Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: rpmfusion-free-updates. Please verify its path and try again The first … Continue reading →

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