[CentOS] INSTALLING UPDATES-PROXY PROBLEM

[arun kumar]

yes i configured the yum.conf
proxy=http://10.101.16.4:8080
proxy_username=my_username
proxy_password=my_password
 but still the same problem
here a squid proxy server is present so for initernet connection also i
need to give my_username and my_password.....




On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:42 AM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote:

> On 03/26/12 11:05 PM, arun kumar wrote:
> > I have centos 6.0 in my system and i want to update packages, so i tried
> > the yum commands for checking and installing updates, but my proxy is
> > objecting and i got the following error
> >
> > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit
> > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
> > Could not retrieve mirrorlist
> > http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=i386&repo=os  error was
> > 14: PYCURL ERROR 22 - "The requested URL returned error: 407"
> > Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
> >
> > i tried with the software update GUI in centos 6.0 but still the same
> proxy
> > problem....can any one please suggest how to overcome this problem and
> > install updates for packages.
>
> what is this "proxy"?  other than your use of the phrase 'proxy' a
> couple times, I see no sign of a proxy there.
>
> If your internet connection is such that you have to go through an
> explicit http proxy, have you configured it in /etc/yum.conf as follows?
> http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yum/sn-yum-proxy-server.html
>
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