linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Using internet on CLI with proxy settings

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 08:00, Victor Emmanuel <clickvictor@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks Scott,
> I really dont need it for browsing but for installing updates from internet using yum, rpm or to ping or trace an
> address on the internet. Is there any place I need to place such settings ?
> Thanks.
> EV.

Not to sound too curmudgeonly, but google would have given you an
answer to this in just a couple seconds.

a very simple google search for "yum proxy server" gives this:
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=742
http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/linux_system_administration/managing_software_with_yum_guide/sn-yum-proxy-server.html
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/en/sn-yum-proxy-server.html

So that takes care of yum and rpm... if you want to run rpm directly,
unless you have a very specific need to actually run rpm on a package
that's on the internet, just download the rpm and install it locally.
Probably better practice to do it that way in any case...

As for ping, that's a little more tricky, but from what Google tells
me, you should be able to open ports on your proxy server (check it's
configs) and then ping through. Thought that sounds a bit weird to me
as ICMP doesn't use ports as far as I know... but apparently there ARE
ways to do it.

Good Luck.

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