OL6 - yum update fails with error "The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden" (Doc ID 2539137.1)

Last updated on APRIL 24, 2020

Applies to:

Symptoms

OL6 server's configured to use local yum server for updates are getting following errors at time of yum update.

Downloading Packages:
(1/5): kernel-2.6.32-754.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 32 MB 00:01
(2/5): kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.12.1.el6.x86_64.rpm | 4.6 MB 00:00
(3/5): kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.26.10.el6uek.x86_64.rpm | 42 MB 00:00
(4/5): kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-124.26.10.el6uek.noarch.rpm | 2.5 MB 00:00
http://localyum/yum/OracleLinux/OL6/latest/x86_64/getPackage/oraclelinux-release-el6-1.0-6.el6.noarch.rpm: [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 403 Forbidden"
Trying other mirror.

Error Downloading Packages:
oraclelinux-release-el6-1.0-6.el6.noarch: failure: getPackage/oraclelinux-release-el6-1.0-6.el6.noarch.rpm from el6_latest: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

Cause

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