setup proxy

[hanyyu1]

I want to run up2date on my RH system , I hv setup the proxy on xwindows and can connect to internet via broswer now , but when run up2date , it still pop the server is not connect to internet , can suggest what is wrong ? thx

[Stuart Browne]

What version of RH, and what version of 'up2date' (use 'rpm -q up2date' from a shell).

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

In Red Hat 4 in X windows, there is a GUI tool for setting up proxy. Its really point and click and put in information provided by your networking product.

Ultimately it is the setting of an environment type thinks its not on a proxy, at least from the standpoint of the software.

It does kind of depend on your RH version though.

SEP

[hanyyu1]

thx replies,

RH 8 & up2date-3.0.7.2-1

I don't found the up2date in GUI mode , I tried to run the command "up2date" in the xwindows but not work , thx

[Stuart Browne]

Odd. Up2date is most happy in X.

That being said, if you've done 'up2date --configure', and set the proxy in there (and it doesn't work), and/or you've tried 'up2date --proxy ', then try 'env http_proxy= up2date ' (yes, case sensitive) instead.

[Stuart Browne]

.. Oh, I also suggest you upgrade to a newer version of RedHat or Fedora, as RH8 is no longer supported by RH, and I'm not really aware of any legacy groups supporting it either.