On 2012-02-09 15:35, C. L. Martinez wrote: > Hello all, > > How can I configure yum to download updates when I need to > authenticate to a Microsoft Forefront proxy?? I have tried to > configure http_proxy variable as a > "http_proxy="http://DOMAIN\\user:passwd@proxy:port/", but it doesn't > works ... I have tried to set http_user and http_passwd also without > luck. > Not tried this myself, but: /etc/yum.conf proxy=http://<proxyserver>:<proxyport> Also, man yum.conf shows: proxy url to the proxy server that yum should use. proxy_username username to use for proxy proxy_password password for this proxy -- Message sent via my webmail account.