On 02/19/2010 05:18 PM, rajkumar vbalakrishnasamy wrote:
Hi all,
I have installed compiz package in linux using yum in my home but i could
not install it in my college system which requires username and password to
connect the internet through 8080 port
So basically your college http traffic goes through a proxy server that requires
authentication, right ?
You can set all applications to use the proxy for http connections by setting
this in "System->Preferences->Network Proxy"
OR
you can configure this just for yum, by adding the following lines to the 'main'
section of the config file '/etc/yum.conf':
[main]
...
proxy = "http://<proxy server name>:8080/"
proxy_username = "<username>"
proxy_password = "<password>"
...
Let us know if it works. (note: I've never had a reason to do this, so I don't
know if that's all that is required. For instance, does one have to encrypt the
password ?)
cheers,
- steve
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