Hi, Thanks. I tried exporting an http_proxy environment variable, it still doesn't like the proxy. Adding the options to yum.conf isn't happy either. I am open to suggestions, what authentication scheme is yum communicating to the proxy with? Thanks. Dave. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Farrell" <peter.d.farrell at gmail.com> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 6:01 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] yum through a squid proxy >I don't see why that setup wouldn't work. > 1. you've added yourself to the passwd file? (you don't have to be a > unix user existing in /etc/passwd > 2. you run the export variable before using yum - or you've added this > to /etc/profile or your own .bash_profile file as well? > > export http_proxy=http://peter:password@192.168.25.25:3128 > echo $http_proxy > http://peter:password@192.168.25.25:3128 > > This is my squid.conf (see below) - nothing that I can see that would > allow / disallow access to an xml file. I run porn filters for my > network and allow ftp access to only 3 users, and allow windows > updates for the idiot boxes. > > Testing - stop iptables. If you can access other site through the > proxy from links / elinks / lynx whatever, then you know it's working > as it should. Start iptables - try the same test again - if fails then > enable port 3128 in /etc/sysconfig/iptables > > # squid server for internal > -A INPUT -i eth1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 3128 -j ACCEPT > -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --sport 3128 -j ACCEPT > > I would look at my yum.conf after confirming the above. Comment out > everything except one. Run yum again, etc. > > *also - keep in mind that if you have multiple terms open - and you're > manually exporting the proxy variable - it's a. not persistent and b. > only valid in the term that you set it in. > > - Good luck. > -Peter Farrell - > -Cardiff, Wales > =========================== > SQUID.CONF > =========================== > hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? > acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? > no_cache deny QUERY > cache_dir ufs /data/squid/cache 2048 16 256 > cache_access_log /var/log/squid/access.log > cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log > cache_store_log /var/log/squid/store.log > auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/passwd > auth_param basic children 5 > auth_param basic realm Internet Access > auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours > refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 > refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 > refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 > acl ftp_allow proxy_auth_regex martin > acl ftp_allow proxy_auth_regex peter > acl ftp_allow proxy_auth_regex bhanu > acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 > acl winupdate dstdomain .microsoft.com .windowsupdate.com > acl ftp proto FTP > acl ssl_ports port 443 # https > acl safe_ports port 80 1863 8888 443 # http, https > acl CONNECT method CONNECT > acl example dst 21.21.21.0/255.255.255.0 > acl porn url_regex "/etc/squid/porn" > acl porn1 url_regex "/etc/squid/porn1" > acl porn2 url_regex "/etc/squid/porn2" > acl everyone proxy_auth REQUIRED > http_access allow winupdate > http_access allow example > http_access allow ftp_allow > http_access deny ftp > http_access deny !safe_ports > http_access deny CONNECT !ssl_ports > http_access deny porn > http_access deny porn1 > http_access deny porn2 > http_access allow everyone > http_access deny all > always_direct allow example > always_direct allow winupdate > no_cache deny example > no_cache deny winupdate > http_access deny all > http_reply_access allow all > icp_access allow all > cache_mgr sysadmin at example.com > cache_effective_user squid > visible_hostname pollux.example.com > unique_hostname pollux > logfile_rotate 10 > coredump_dir /var/log/squid/cache > =========================== > > On 19/07/07, Dave <dmehler26 at woh.rr.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> I've got a centos5 box that is now behind a what was transparent >> squid >> proxy. The proxy now has it's own dedicated ip and uses proxy basic >> authentication. I've got a firewall that redirects all outgoing port 80 >> traffic to that ip so anyone wishing access goes proxied. The problem is >> yum >> on my centos5 can't retrieve the .xml files for the various yum >> repositories. In the squid access.log on the router i'm seeing invalid >> request method. This means that the box isn't yet talking proxy and is >> still >> trying to go through direct. To my yum.conf file i added lines similar to >> these: >> >> # The proxy server - proxy server:port number >> proxy=http://mycache.mydomain.com:3128 >> # The account details for yum connections >> proxy_username=yum-user >> proxy_password=qwerty >> >> I tried port 80 on that proxy line with the same results. Telneting to >> that >> ip/port works fine, iptables isn't blocking it. On the firewall i added >> the >> yum-user to the password file and used squid's ncsa_auth program to >> confirm >> the username/password combination, output was a simple "ok". On the >> centos5 >> box i did a service network restart, which didn't work, yum update gave >> me >> the same error. >> Any suggestions welcome. >> Thanks. >> Dave. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos