On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Giles Coochey <giles at coochey.net> wrote: > 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. >> > > By the way, precise instructions are not too difficult to find: > > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=using yum with a proxy server > > > -- Yes Giles, but my problem is with a Forefront proxy when I need to use an AD to authenticate users ... With s squid proxy, it is easy to configure proxy options under yum.conf ...