Connecting to the RedHat Network through a Windows Proxy

[itsp1965]

Folks, I have been tasked with supporting some Linux servers for my client. In order to be able to use the internet I need to configure my browser settings in order to use a proxy server. This is fine if I am using Windows and Mozilla/Firefox on the Linux GUI, unfortunately this server is very barebones in terms of config (no GUI desktops or X-Windows).
So my question now is how to I use something like up2date (or Redhat network) in order to download patches to the server if I have to go through a proxy server. Please advise. Thanks.

 

[QatQat]

try this to download stuff with wget

export http_proxy="

http://your_proxy_server:3128"

Change 3128 to the proxy port.


INstead of up2date try use yum,

read this to enable yum over proxy

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/sn-yum-proxy-server.html

QatQat


If I could have sex each time I reboot my server, I would definitely prefer Windoz over Linux!

 

[itsp1965]

That's gr8 QatQat, I'll give it a shot (btw love the signature line LOL)

 

[ilovecocks]

I got it to work, by putting my proxy setting, plus username and password into the network config file.
A bit jitty since it is almost two years since i have done it.