[Yum] proxy authenticate

[seth vidal]

On Tue, 2005-04-26 at 11:07 -0700, Michael Stenner wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 02:13:54PM -0300, Lasaro wrote:
> >     How can i do for yum use a proxy authenticate?
> 
> Assuming a recent yum, put
> 
> proxy=http://user:pass@host.com
> 
> in the [main] section of yum.conf.

why not use:
proxy_username
proxy_password
proxy

instead of cramming everything inside the proxy= statement?

-sv