How to make "yum" work through windows ISA server ?
 

Hello everyone.
I am working in a company which use windows ISA server.
I have made firefox to work by setting proxy. However yum command does not work.

Who can help me?

Did you search how to set http_proxy for yum?
You could export http_proxy variable once set to a proper value.

yum.conf configuration instead of system wide configuration

I do not know what reference to "proxy".

I have add the following lines to yum.conf ,but yum did not work.

The proxy of firefox was set to , after running firefox, program sent me a input dialog to input username and password, then I can surf internet. But yum stil does not work.
The username is 2543355 , and password is xxxxx
My windows hostname is ikc-2543355 , Network Group name is "ikcp.ikc" .

When I login into windows, my username is "2543355" , and login to "ikcp".

If you do not know it, then most probably you do not need it. I would say remove the authentication lines for username and password. If your proxy settings for firefox are good and working, you should use the same in yum.conf file.

This is what you should use
This should be enough for you.

i take it you are using the current fedora ?
see the fedora 13 docs and install guide and the fedora wiki

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/...CustomizingYum

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/index.html
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/..._Internet.html

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/..._software.html

Thanks, my fedora version is 13 . Firefox can give me a dialog box to input username and passwd, but yum doesnot. I have tried many ways to make my yum work under windows ISA server. But all work failed.

see the "CustomizingYum" link
and search the fedoraforum
http://www.fedoraforum.org/


there is a config file that handles it

103 posts with the same body ?

Yes. You see it correctly. Reported a lot of posts but impossible to report all of them.

103 , well i guess i do not have to look now. the above was the second time i saw it

I have tried all the ways above. It is useless. Can you recommend some tools which can work through isa server as second proxy. I have tried ntlmaps, but it useless.

i no longer use fedora so...
search the fedora forum
http://www.fedoraforum.org/

What kind of linux can travel through ISA? ubuntu, or suse ?

it is not a matter of disttro
yum needs to be configured to use the username and password
and as i recall there is a conf file for that
-- a google search for "yum +proxy site:http://forums.fedoraforum.org "


http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=...2cd8eab02d18af


http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=240852
or
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=224939
this is a bit OLD but
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=31402

Thanks for everyone.
I have found the best way to solve the problem.
Google search says ntlmaps can allows you to authenticate via an MS Proxy Server, but I never succeed . After search many day , the proxy software cntlm can travel via an MS Proxy Server. Now I can use "yum", browser , and may other tools which use http protocol. The only disadvantage is that "cntlm" seems can not access to ftp and other protocol.

Reference :
http://cntlm.sourceforge.net/

Yes. You see it correctly. Reported a lot of posts but impossible to report all of them.

Now I use cntlm , it works.