Set Proxy In The Terminal & problem Package Installing

Linux and Unix-Like Red Hat
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Centos Behind The Proxy Server In My System , How Can I Set In Terminal Proxy ( Username & Password )
When Using The Command yum & rpm online I Will Respond Error
Thank You For Your Guidance

2

Hi,

look at

 /etc/yum.conf

here you can set a proxy with username and password for yum.

regards,
xabbu

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i add too line
proxy=http://proxy_server_address:port
proxy_username=
proxy_password=

but i still have problem

[root@Centos Packages]# yum clean all
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Cleaning repos: base centosplus contrib extras updates
Cleaning up Everything
Cleaning up list of fastest mirrors

[root@Centos Packages]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http or file.
 Eg. $releasever is not a valid and current release or hasnt been released yet/
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/$releasever/base/mirrorlist.txt
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
4

Hmm,

please try in the shell:

 
export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver:port

yum update

Regards,
xabbu

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[root@Centos ~]# echo $?
0
[root@Centos ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http or file.
 Eg. $releasever is not a valid and current release or hasnt been released yet/
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/$releasever/base/mirrorlist.txt
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=34 time=159 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=34 time=148 ms
6

Hi,

ping is not using the proxy.
Can you try to use

curl http://www.heise.de

if you closed the shell, so please run the export again.
To check

env | grep -i proxy

Regards,
xabbu

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[root@Centos ~]# curl google.com | less
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
109   219  109   219    0     0    382      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   732
[root@Centos ~]# echo $?
0

[root@Centos ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http or file.
 Eg. $releasever is not a valid and current release or hasnt been released yet/
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/$releasever/base/mirrorlist.txt
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
8

please add a '/' at the end of the proxy line.

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[root@Centos ~]# yum clean all
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Cleaning repos: base centosplus contrib extras updates
Cleaning up Everything
Cleaning up list of fastest mirrors

[root@Centos ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Determining fastest mirrors
YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http or file.
 Eg. $releasever is not a valid and current release or hasnt been released yet/
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/$releasever/base/mirrorlist.txt
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
10

Hmm,

can you show me the output of

cat /etc/redhat-release

please?

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12

cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.5 (Final)

13

Is you proxy requires NTLM authentification?

And show me the output of

yum -d 10 update

please.

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14

Yes , Is proxy Kerio

Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Config time: 0.018
Running "init" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin
Yum Version: 3.2.29
COMMAND: yum -d 10 update
Installroot: /
Setting up Package Sacks
Running "postreposetup" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http or file.
 Eg. $releasever is not a valid and current release or hasnt been released yet/
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/$releasever/base/mirrorlist.txt
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
15

Am I'm right you need to install �cntlm� for authentification against NTML proxies.

Cntlm: Fast NTLM Authentication Proxy in C

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16

/etc/yum.conf
if the ntlm is not . is the algorithm is required for proxy password ?!

17

No, because it is http auth basic.

Regards
xabbu

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18

if a username is mn & password is acacac
is this the right form ?

export proxy_http=mn:acacac@192.168.10.15:8090

I pass now Proxy

# curl yahoo.com | less
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
102  1939    0  1939    0     0   4194      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  4196
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-us"><head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Yahoo</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,minimal-ui">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
    <style>
html {
    height: 100%;
}
body {
    background: #fafafc url(https://s.yimg.com/nn/img/sad-panda-201402200631.png) 50% 50%;
    background-size: cover;
    height: 100%;
    text-align: center;
    font: 300 18px "helvetica neue", helvetica, verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif;
}
table {
    height: 100%;

but an error accors

Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Config time: 0.018
Running "init" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin
Yum Version: 3.2.29
COMMAND: yum -d 10 update
Installroot: /
Setting up Package Sacks
Running "postreposetup" handler for "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base
YumRepo Error: All mirror URLs are not using ftp, http or file.
 Eg. $releasever is not a valid and current release or hasnt been released yet/
removing mirrorlist with no valid mirrors: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/$releasever/base/mirrorlist.txt

thanks

19

Did you add the same username and password to the yum.conf file?

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Not in the form of added

proxy=http://192.168.10.15:8090/
proxy_username=mn
proxy_password=acacac
is it right ?

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Yes, right