Why not create an alias for the root user that first sets the proxy envs and then runs the yum command? ie : alias yum='export http_proxy=you.ip:port; export ftp_proxy=your.ip:port ; /path/to/yum' That wil do the trick. ;) On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:50:46 -0500, seth vidal <skvidal at phy.duke.edu> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 10:48 -0700, Ken Godee wrote: > > >>I wish we could just put the proxy settings in the > > >>yum.conf file! > > >> > > > > > > in yum 2.1.13 and above, you can. > > > > > Cool, but looks like 3.3 is using 2.0.8. > > Any chance of a "yum yum" update? > > Worth asking anyway :) > > not for centos 3.x, no. > > -sv > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at caosity.org > http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >