Re: Connecting to internet via proxy server for software updater (solved)

[Art Fore]

On 11/14/06, Vivek J. Patankar  wrote:
> Art Fore wrote:
> > I am new to Fedora and am running FC^I. I need to run the software
>
> updater,
> > which I guess it yum, but it does not connect. I am on a proxy and have
> > configured Firefox for proxy and it works find. How do I configure
>
> software
> > updater to work with a proxy server? (I downloaded and installed
> > connect-proxy rpm, but could find no info on its operation.)
>
> Edit /etc/yum.conf and add "proxy=http://proxyaddr:port/" (without the
> quotes) in the [main] section.
> If your proxy requires authentication, then you're in for a lot of
> trouble as I have never managed to get yum working with an authenticated
> proxy.
> man yum.conf for more details.
>
> --
> Regards
> Vivek J. Patankar
>
> Registered Linux User #374218
> Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux)
> Linux 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 x86_64

That  works great. Thanks.