Hi Arun,
1. Is it CentOS 5.2?
2. Also disable CentOS plus repo by doing enable =0 in
/etc/yum.repo/CentOSBase.repo, make sue you don't disable for CentOS & it
is enable
3. Can you please copy above file from working system?
4. Can you now browse through lynx (Linux text browser) ?
Thanks : Regards
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> hey, iam extremly sorry for giving u trouble,
> as u said i set the environment....
> this is the outcome after that
> [BTIS@WORKSTATION3 ~]$ env | grep -i http_proxy
> http_proxy=http://asomavarapu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:dbsa121@10.100.15.3:8080
> HTTP_PROXY=http://asomavarapu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:dbsa121@10.100.15.3:8080
> [BTIS@WORKSTATION3 ~]$
>
> and this is the file of .bash_profile that i edited
>
> # .bash_profile
>
> # Get the aliases and functions
> if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
> . ~/.bashrc
> fi
>
> # User specific environment and startup programs
>
> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
>
> export PATH
>
> export
> http_proxy="http://asomavarapu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:dbsa121@10.100.15.3:8080
> "
> export
> HTTP_PROXY="http://asomavarapu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:dbsa121@10.100.15.3:8080
> "
>
> then i tried the command yum check-updates ,then this is the outcome
>
> [BTIS@WORKSTATION3 ~]$ yum check-update
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
> 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"
> Could not retrieve mirrorlist
> http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=i386&repo=centosplus error
> was
> 14: PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 407"
> Could not retrieve mirrorlist
> http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=i386&repo=extras error was
> 14: PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 407"
> http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386/repodata/repomd.xml:
> [Errno 14] PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 407"
> Trying other mirror.
> Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository:
> google-chrome. Please verify its path and try again
> [BTIS@WORKSTATION3 ~]$
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Prabhpal S. Mavi <
> prabhpal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Arun,
>>
>> Please understand and do as Johnny advised, it will fix your problem.
>> Thanks
>> > On 03/27/2012 03:47 AM, arun kumar wrote:
>> >> 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
>> >
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> > If you do not have the Environment variable set for http_proxy, then
>> > curl will not work. This seems like your problem to me.
>> >
>> > To see if you have http_proxy set as an environment variable, use this
>> > command:
>> >
>> > env | grep -i http_proxy
>> >
>> > You need to check the above variable for both your "root user" and
>> your
>> > "local user" (local user's variables would be used if you are running
>> > yum with sudo or su root ... root user would be used if you did "su -
>> > root" or logged in directly as root.
>> >
>> > If the result is in caps, like this:
>> >
>> > HTTP_PROXY=http://my_username:mypassword@10.101.16.4:8080
>> >
>> > Then curl might have an issue, so also add it in lower case like this:
>> >
>> > http_proxy="http://my_username:mypassword@10.101.16.4:8080";
>> >
>> > So, If you do not have a lower case "http_proxy=", then you would set
>> it
>> > in your root's ".bash_profile" file and your local user's
>> > ".bash_profile" file. This is the line you would add to both users
>> > .bash_profile:
>> >
>> > export http_proxy="http://my_username:mypassword@10.101.16.4:8080";
>> >
>> > After making the change, log out and back in to have the variables
>> take
>> > effect and then check them again with the grep command above ...
>> >
>> > Once you have the correct lower case variable set for "http_proxy="
>> for
>> > both your normal local user and for root, you should be able to use
>> yum
>> > and curl.
>> >
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> >>> 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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>>
>> Thanks / Regards
>> Prabhpal S. Mavi
>> Email: prabhpal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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