FC3, up2date, yum, apt, authenticating proxy

[Lets Go Canes]

Hi all.

--- William Hooper <whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> > # export http_proxy=http://fqdn.com:nnnn   [proper proxy, username,
> ]
> > # export proxy_username=username           [ and password set      
> ]
> > # export proxy_passwd=password
> 
> Try using:
> 
> export http_proxy=http://username:password@fqdn.com:nnnn

This works for yum.  It does not work for up2date or apt.  But for my
purposes yum is good enough!  Thanks muchly!


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