On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 07:01 +0800, Art Fore wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 18:04 +0530, Vivek J. Patankar wrote: > > Art Fore wrote: > > > I am trying to add software and/or update, but machine cannot reach > > > internet. I know about the proxy for the browser, but setting it still does > > > > You need to tell yum about the proxy. Insert the below line in the main > > section of /etc/yum.conf > > > > proxy=http://<Proxy Address>:<proxy port> > > > > > > This does not work if you are using an authenticated proxy. Infact, I > > have never been able to make yum work with an authenticated proxy. > > > I found out that my Suse machine has prvosions for authentication in the > proxy setup in yast where I enter name and password and works fine. Just > have to find out where that is in FC6i. > > Does anyone know what file the proxy setup writes so it can be edited > manually to add login info? > > Art > I think the gui you're looking for is= System>Administration>Network (in Gnome - fc5 at least)
