Thanks, I'll use the yum. -----Original Message----- From: Keven Ring [mailto:keven@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 3:30 PM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Create a new system variable Matthew Benjamin wrote: >Keven, your right it does work. That's strange I'm trying to set the >proxy for up2date to work, and it work on command line but when I try >all of those methods given it doesn't. Any ideas? > > IIRC, up2date will get proxy information elsewhere [specifically /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date]. If, instead, you meant yum, then what you probably want to do is [as root]: chkconfig yum on service yum start Then, edit /etc/cron.daily/yum.cron and add you http_proxy environment variable there. Alternatively, edit /etc/crontab, and add the http_proxy environment variable there. As to what all of this does: chkconfig yum on adds yum to the standard set of startup scripts when your machine is booted. For yum, this includes run levels 3 [text mode] and 5 [graphical mode], as well as levels 2, 4, and 6. service yum start actually starts the service [so that you don't need to reboot. Remember, this is not MS Windows... :) ]. Editing either of the two files mentioned should affect yum. Be sure to read Alexander's excellent information on setting up alternative update servers.... -- Keven Ring | "Oh no, Not Again..." The MITRE Corporation | Bowl of Petunias - 7515 Colshire Drive | The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy McLean VA 22102-7508 | PH: (703)883-7026 | -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
