>> > Totally new to Solaris.... Thought I'd try Open Indiana live DVD inside >> a VM. >> > >> > Question: How do I configure the package manger/updater to use an http >> proxy? >> >> The package manager may be something of a moving target -- I don't >> have a http proxy to test on, but the instructions here aren't too >> outdated, so may work: >> >> http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=59229 >>
Per the other thread, I did try: export http_proxy=http://proxy.name:port sudo /usr/bin/packagemanager But, it still does not work. I finally tried: sudo bash -c "export http_proxy=http://proxy.name:port; /usr/bin/packagemanager" That did work. Anyway, as a new user, I found a couple of issues: 1) I can't even launch these applications of a fresh install, since the GUI is prompting me for a root password, but no root password is created during the install process. This appears to be true for many admin applets. (Plus, I would have assumed it would use "gksudo" or some equivalent, but it does not.) 2) There should be a functional, and obvious, "cancel" button in both those apps while they block on network activity. 3) Since these are among the first applications run on a fresh system, a shortcut to the Network settings applet in the menus and "waiting on network" state would be nice. Thank you _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
