Thiers Botelho said: > I'm having some problems with yum on my dual boot desktop behind a > corporate firewall and proxy. > > In order to get proxy auth for yum I unsuccesfully tried each of the > following (and probably some more combinations): > > > =============export commands start======================== > > export proxy_http="http://172.16.16.91:8002/"; > *** with quotes and without proxy login + password *** Do you normally need a username/password? The variable you need to export is http_proxy, not proxy_http. > export proxy_http=http://thiers:my_password_here@xxxxxxxxxxxx:8002/ > *** without quotes and with proxy login + password*** > > export proxy_http="http://thiers:my_password_here@xxxxxxxxxxxx:8002/"; > *** with quotes and with proxy login + password *** This is the correct syntax for basic auth, no quotes needed (but again, the variable is http_proxy). > export proxy_http=http://thiers@fertil:my_password_here@xxxxxxxxxxxx:8002/ > *** now explicitly appending domain name *** > > =============export commands end======================== > > BTW, 1 - I can browse normally on Mozilla (after explicit proxy > authentication request), although It doesn't open https site above > (probably a certificate issue). Is this using just username:thiers, password:my_password_here ? -- William Hooper
