Re: [rhn-users] Unable to connect to RHN via up2date to registersystem

[Todd Warner <taw redhat com>]

On Sat, 5 Jul 2003, Albert Lau wrote:

> Thanks Les!  That worked.  -Albert
> 
> 
> --- Les Bell <lesbell lesbell com au> wrote:
> > 
> > Albert Lau <alau2001 yahoo com> wrote:
> > 
> > >>
> > I have been unable to connect to RHN ever since I
> > moved my computer from work, where it went through a
> > proxy, to my home DSL, where there's no proxy.  I
> > switched both "Network Proxy" and "up2date
> > Configuration" to direct connection, but that didn't
> > do it.
> > <<
> > 
> > Albert, take a look at the file
> > /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date. If you read
> > through it, it's pretty much self-documenting, but
> > you are specifically
> > looking for the "enableProxy" setting, which should
> > be set to 0. If you
> > find any errors in there and correct them, you
> > should restart the rhnsd
> > daemon with the command "service rhnsd restart" and
> > then perhaps retry
> > up2date.
> > 
> > The file makes interesting and rewarding reading,
> > btw.
> > 
> > And thank you for posting an on-topic question for
> > this list. Nice to see
> > someone with a clue.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP
> > [http://www.lesbell.com.au]

Mr. Lau,

Precisely how did you attempt to disable your HTTP proxy settings for
up2date? If the disabling was unsuccessful, then maybe there is some
issue we don't know about.

We'll try to duplicate the issue here, though I haven't had a problem
with it.

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