No, perhaps I should have been clearer. At work I need to get through the proxy server with a username and password but I am not succeeding.
Regards, Robert -----Original Message----- From: InfoHelp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 30 June 2004 9:48 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SUSE demonstration, and procmail Looks like the SuSE proxy has been set up (& can't be found). Do you use one where you are, or should it be disabled now? I have had no probelms updating over my routed dialup network, using ftp/http - the German servers even worked, initially. Good Luck - did the 20MB kernal upgrade to 2.6.5-.. over the weekend - painless :-) Cheers Rik Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) wrote: >Well I successfully installed SUSE 9.1 on a test laptop via ftp and the >jetstreamgames realm. > >I am quite impressed so far but I am currently frustrated at work because I >have not yet found a way to do the online updates (YOU - Yast Online >Updates) without getting a 407 proxy authentication error. > >I have followed the advice below to no avail. Any idea anyone? > >The YaST2 Online Update (YOU) needs a direct connection to the Internet. If >you connect via a proxy, this must be configured first: >* Open /etc/wgetrc with an editor of your choice. >* Enter this line: >* http_proxy = http://your_proxy:port/ >your_proxy stands for the name of your proxy machine and port is the port >number to which the proxy listens on the proxy machine. >In case you need to authenticate against your proxy, insert user name and >password in /etc/wgetrc, too: >proxy_user=user >proxy_passwd=password > > >Regards, Robert > > -- InfoHelp Services http://www.infohelp.co.nz/linux.html i686 2.4.20-8 RedHat Linux 9.0 - Gnome 2.2.0 - OpenOffice 1.0.2 - Mozilla Mail 1.2.1 [just SuSE firewall to setup & mail archive to transfer... new system]
