sorry for not mentioning before that iam new to linux
i have full access to internet, this is an educational institution, every
one have there seperate username and pasword for login...
so i used the my username and password in the yum.conf file..
i tried from GUI also like
system->Administration-> software update ,then i got the
folowing warning and error
Software Update Viewer is running as a privileged user
Package management applications are security sensitive.
Running graphical applications as a privileged user should be avoided for
security reasons.
problem connecting to software source
i also tried
system->Administration->Add/Remove software
iam not understanding what else to try
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Prabhpal S. Mavi <
prabhpal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi, although it is not a O/S level problem. Your server just cannot get to
> Internet, just check why. Too many possibilities are there, bad user name
> or password wrong port number, system wide proxy variable configured, your
> ip is in squid deny list.
>
> Thanks : Regards
>
>
> > On 03/27/2012 02:10 AM, arun kumar wrote:
> >> yes i configured the yum.conf
> >> proxy=http://10.101.16.4:8080
> >> proxy_username=my_username
> >> proxy_password=my_password
> >> but still the same problem
> >> here a squid proxy server is present so for initernet connection also i
> >> need to give my_username and my_password.....
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:42 AM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 03/26/12 11:05 PM, arun kumar wrote:
> >>>> I have centos 6.0 in my system and i want to update packages, so i
> >>>> tried
> >>>> the yum commands for checking and installing updates, but my proxy is
> >>>> objecting and i got the following error
> >>>>
> >>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
> >>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> >>>> Could not retrieve mirrorlist
> >>>> http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=i386&repo=os error was
> >>>> 14: PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 407"
> >>>> Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
> >>>>
> >>>> i tried with the software update GUI in centos 6.0 but still the same
> >>> proxy
> >>>> problem....can any one please suggest how to overcome this problem and
> >>>> install updates for packages.
> >>> what is this "proxy"? other than your use of the phrase 'proxy' a
> >>> couple times, I see no sign of a proxy there.
> >>>
> >>> If your internet connection is such that you have to go through an
> >>> explicit http proxy, have you configured it in /etc/yum.conf as
> >>> follows?
> >>> http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yum/sn-yum-proxy-server.html
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >>> santa cruz ca mid-left coast
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >
> > If the proxy server requires a username and password, add these to the
> > URL. To include the username |yum-user| and the password |qwerty|, add
> > these settings:
> >
> > |# The Web proxy server, with the username and password for this account
> > http_proxy="http://yum-user:qwerty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:3128";
> > export http_proxy|
> >
> > *Example 5. Profile Settings for a Secured Proxy Server*
> >
> > [Note] The |http_proxy| Environment Variable
> >
> > The |http_proxy| environment variable is also used by |curl| and other
> > utilities. Although |yum| itself may use |http_proxy| in either
> > upper-case or lower-case, |curl| requires the name of the variable to be
> > in lower-case.
> >
> >
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>
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> Prabhpal S. Mavi
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