michael, rpm version i installed on my redhat 7.3 box is yum-1.0.3-1_73 i did read that yum would work with a proxy if i specified its address, which i tried... http_proxy=http://proxy.mydomain.com:8080 i also tried http_proxy=proxy.mydomain.com:8080 i tried to yum and it just hung... i didn't see any info on the web regarding authentication, which i need to do with my proxy. so, i just tried these environment varibles... http_proxy_pass=mypass http_proxy_usr=myuserid it just hung on every attempt... i know it isn't the network connection on my machine, i can surf fine... matt -----Original Message----- From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Stenner Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 4:29 PM To: yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Yum] yum and proxy... On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 03:49:11PM -0500, Boex,Matthew W. wrote: > > i did try... no luck.... 1) what did you try? Please describe in detail what you did, and what happened when you did it. 2) what version of yum? -Michael > > matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of seth vidal > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 3:31 PM > To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified > Cc: yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [Yum] yum and proxy... > > > On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 16:13, Boex,Matthew W. wrote: > > sorry to re-post... don't know if my original got through. > > > > can i use yum through a proxy server... one that requires username and > > password authentication? > > > > To be honest, I don't know. I don't have a way to test this one. Try > using it and see what you get. > > -sv > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum -- Michael Stenner Office Phone: 919-660-2513 Duke University, Dept. of Physics mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxx Box 90305, Durham N.C. 27708-0305 _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
