seth, thanks. i forgot... i did try that one too. i just retried with your proxy setting and got this error... Gathering package information from servers Getting headers from: Red Hat Linux 7.3 base Error getting file http://mirror.dulug.duke.edu/pub/yum-repository/redhat/7.3/i3 86/headers/header.info [Errno 4] IOError: [Errno socket error] nonnumeric port matt -----Original Message----- From: yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:yum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of seth vidal Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 9:36 AM To: Yellowdog Updater, Modified Subject: RE: [Yum] yum and proxy... On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 10:35, Boex,Matthew W. wrote: > 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 > try http_proxy=http://username:password@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:8080 -sv _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum