Re: [CentOS] yum proxy username with @ character

2007-09-14 Thread David Toman
Shawn K. O'Shea wrote: I was really curious about this, so I googled around a bit. I don't know about the support in the environment variables, but from what I'm reading, the "%40" encoding should definitely work if you use the proxy variables in yum.conf, ie: proxy=http://proxyserver.somedoma

Re: [CentOS] yum proxy username with @ character

2007-09-13 Thread Shawn K. O'Shea
Brad Beyenhof wrote: Clint Dilks wrote: http_proxy understands the format :@proxy>: so in this case the @ is probably being interpreted as server identifier. I would try enclosing the user name in single quotes or adding a \ before the @. If these do not work your only option may be to con

Re: [CentOS] yum proxy username with @ character

2007-09-13 Thread Brad Beyenhof
Clint Dilks wrote: http_proxy understands the format :@proxy>: so in this case the @ is probably being interpreted as server identifier. I would try enclosing the user name in single quotes or adding a \ before the @. If these do not work your only option may be to contact the proxy admin and

Re: [CentOS] yum proxy username with @ character

2007-09-12 Thread umair shakil
Dear David, In my understanding, you are trying to say that; yum not running or updating because you are behind the proxy yum i suppose uses HTTP method, user name and passwd will be provided in the browser. Regards, Umair Shakil ETD On 9/12/07, David Toman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: [CentOS] yum proxy username with @ character

2007-09-12 Thread Clint Dilks
David Toman wrote: Dear Umair, the issue is that I have got no access to the proxy configuration, it is simply there :-) I have spent another day with searching but no success yet. Regards, David Hi http_proxy understands the format :@proxy>: so in this case the @ is probably being inter

Re: [CentOS] yum proxy username with @ character

2007-09-12 Thread Karanbir Singh
David Toman wrote: Hi, I am having problem with setting up the proxy for yum correctly. I have got no influence on proxy policy or authentication methods. The proxy username contains the '@' character. My question is if there is any way how to enter the username correctly into the yum.conf. I

Re: [CentOS] yum proxy username with @ character

2007-09-12 Thread David Toman
Dear Umair, the issue is that I have got no access to the proxy configuration, it is simply there :-) I have spent another day with searching but no success yet. Regards, David umair shakil wrote: Dear David, Why dont u bypass this sytem from proxy, or use some transparent proxy. Regards,

Re: [CentOS] yum proxy username with @ character

2007-09-11 Thread umair shakil
Dear David, Why dont u bypass this sytem from proxy, or use some transparent proxy. Regards, Umair Shakil ETD On 9/11/07, David Toman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I am having problem with setting up the proxy for yum correctly. I have > got no influence on proxy policy or authentication