howto specify proxy

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Tue Apr 11 10:59:15 UTC 2006


V V Raja Rao wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How do I specify proxy server(with authentication) for pup/pirut in
> fc5. I tried setting the command line var http_proxy, and also setting
> the proxy here: System --> Preferences --> Network proxy. But neither
> pup nor pirut seem to be contacting the proxy( they hang when opened).

Check the proxy directives in "man yum.conf"

pup/pirut are probably not picking up the http_proxy environment setting 
because the variable wasn't set in the login shell from which they're 
running (are you just typing it in a command window?).

Paul.




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