Yum proxy setup (was (no subject))

[Paul Gear]

Telmo Silva wrote:

> Ok, thanks, just one more question. Should I put
> 
> export https_proxy=https://proxy:portnum/
> 
> or
> 
> export https_proxy=http://proxy:portnum/

Usually the latter, since most proxy servers listen only on one port and 
accept HTTP requests.  The same goes for FTP - i actually configure my 
yum repositories to use an FTP mirror, but they go through my HTTP proxy 
server.

Paul