When setting up up2date, the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date config file contains references to xlmrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC in a couple places. I'm not sure what this does (in the current up2date incarnation). Also posted here for reference: http://whiteboxlinux.net/forum_viewtopic.php?15.9#9 .dn -- Donavan Nelson donavan@whiteboxlinux.net whiteboxlinux.net