On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 02:35:05PM +1000, Dan Goodes wrote: > Hi folks, > > I just tried using Yum (okay, it's the default package manager that the > Fedora crowd have available for RH 9.0.93 / SEVERN), but I ran into a > problem. I'd like to know if it's possible to use username/password > authentication with yum repositories. E.g. I tried using both > > http://username:password@host/path/to/yum/ > > and > > ftp://username:password@host/path/to/yum/ > > and both times yum spat the dummy and complained about a bad format. Is it > possible to set this up? If not, do you think it's likely to be put into > some future release? Yes. This has been on my list of things to do for a long time. I am hereby committing to work on it this weekend. If I don't, you may all harass me mercilessly (except for Seth, who appears to need no such permission). -Michael -- Michael Stenner Office Phone: 919-660-2513 Duke University, Dept. of Physics mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxx Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305
