[yum-cvs] yum/docs yum.conf.5,1.38,1.39
Seth Vidal
skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Fri Feb 10 05:19:44 UTC 2006
Update of /home/groups/yum/cvs/yum/docs
In directory login1.linux.duke.edu:/tmp/cvs-serv2168
Modified Files:
yum.conf.5
Log Message:
added patch to conf man page to mention basic auth from within
the baseurl
Thanks to Sean Reifschneider <jafo at tummmy.com>
Index: yum.conf.5
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RCS file: /home/groups/yum/cvs/yum/docs/yum.conf.5,v
retrieving revision 1.38
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -r1.38 -r1.39
--- yum.conf.5 3 Dec 2005 07:15:10 -0000 1.38
+++ yum.conf.5 10 Feb 2006 05:19:42 -0000 1.39
@@ -250,10 +250,14 @@
.br
url://server3/path/to/repository/
.br
+
If you list more than one baseurl= statement in a repository you will find
yum will ignore the earlier ones and probably act bizarrely. Don't do this,
you've been warned.
+You can use HTTP basic auth by prepending "user:password@" to the server
+name in the baseurl line. For example: "baseurl=http://user:passwd@example.com/".
+
.IP \fBmirrorlist\fR
Specifies a URL to a file containing a list of baseurls. This can be used
instead of or with the \fBbaseurl\fR option. Substitution variables, described
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