[Yum] using yum with a proxy

[Michael Stenner]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 05:05:27PM +1100, Bradley Tate wrote:
> Boex,Matthew W. wrote:
> 
> >
> >how can i use yum with a web proxy that needs username and password 
> >authentication?
> >
> >matt
> >
> Guessing but,
> 
> you might try  http://username:password@www.server.com/path/to/header

That works in yum 2.x.  authenticated web proxies don't work in 1.x,
and probably never will.

					-Michael
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