i have RHEL 6.3 [root@RHEL6 yum.repos.d]# uname -a Linux RHEL6.3-64-BuildMac 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 13 18:24:36 EDT 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux My /etc/yum.conf looks like [main] cachedir=/var/cache/yum/$basearch/$releasever keepcache=0 debuglevel=2 logfile=/var/log/yum.log exactarch=1 obsoletes=1 gpgcheck=1 plugins=1 installonly_limit=3 reposdir=/etc/yum.repos.d/rhel.repo The contents of my /etc.yum.repo.d/rhel.repo looks like [rhelrepo] name=my rhel repo baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6.3/os/x86_64/ #gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6.3/os/x86_64/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6 enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 But my yum update fails with the following error [root@RHEL6 yum.repos.d]# yum update Loaded plugins: product-id, security, subscription-manager Updating certificate-based repositories. Unable to read consumer identity Setting up Update Process No Packages marked for Update please could somebody help