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https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-9826 Thanks, Brandon On 01/31/12 10:02, Alan McKay wrote: > Hey folks, > > Corporate sprung an enforced proxy on us yesterday without prior > notice and now I'm scrambling with my RHEL5 boxes. > > Google found me this nifty little bash function which I put in > bashrc, and it seems to work for the EPEL repo but not the base > RHEL ones > > function proxy(){ echo -n "username:" read -e username echo -n > "password:" read -es password export > http_proxy="http://$username:$password@servername:8080"; export > ftp_proxy="http://$username:$password@servername:8080"; } > > I just type "proxy" and it prompts for my UN/PW, and then I run > "yum" and it works with EPEL. Just not the base repos. > > Here is what I get : > > [root@solexa6 rpms]# yum -y install e4fsprogs Loaded plugins: > downloadonly, product-id, rhnplugin, security, > subscription-manager Updating Red Hat repositories. There was an > error communicating with RHN. RHN Satellite or RHN Classic support > will be disabled. Error communicating with server. The message > was: Connection refused > file://var/cache/yum/rhel-x86_64-server-5/repodata/repomd.xml: > [Errno 5] OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: > '/cache/yum/rhel-x86_64-server-5/repodata/repomd.xml' Trying other > mirror. Setting up Install Process Resolving Dependencies --> > Running transaction check ---> Package e4fsprogs.x86_64 > 0:1.41.12-2.el5 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency > Resolution > > Dependencies Resolved > > =========================================================================================================================================================== > > Package Arch Version > Repository Size > =========================================================================================================================================================== > > Installing: > e4fsprogs x86_64 1.41.12-2.el5 > rhel-x86_64-server-5 1.1 M > > Transaction Summary > =========================================================================================================================================================== > > Install 1 Package(s) > Upgrade 0 Package(s) > > Total download size: 1.1 M Downloading Packages: > > > Error Downloading Packages: e4fsprogs-1.41.12-2.el5.x86_64: > failure: getPackage/e4fsprogs-1.41.12-2.el5.x86_64.rpm from > rhel-x86_64-server-5: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing > list rhelv5-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk8oI+gACgkQhwQhj8l1t/frrACdH6Zco3R+U+qWY2qrv4trFC+l ClkAn1d2igfC/4iAvSA11nRdBDEXp9kl =ecYh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
