How to setup yum to work under a proxy server.

SBN · 05-11-2009, 04:35 PM

Hey guys i have installed Fedora core 10 in my SUN Virtual box in my Vista unit at work. Our internet is connected under a proxy server. Im able to access the net in my F10 via NAT setting in the SUN Virtual Box but i cant get yum to work i have tried following the instruction in this link: http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_boo...xy-server.html but unfortunately i only know the url of our proxy server and nobody knows the port number. is there a way to solve this?

Tinkster · 05-11-2009, 05:57 PM

How's the proxy configured within windows? Via a .pac file from
a URL? Download the pac (e.g. using wget) and look up the name
and port there. Have a look at your Internet Exploder settings.

Cheers,
Tink

SBN · 05-12-2009, 07:44 AM

Im using firefox so its configured in the automatic proxy configuration url...

twwwater · 05-12-2009, 07:53 AM

vim /etc/profile

google "/etc/profile proxy ", I forgot, sorry!!!

Tinkster · 05-12-2009, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SBN

Im using firefox so its configured in the automatic proxy configuration url...

which is (commonly) a .pac file
Download that with wget and look.
See above.

Cheers,
Tink