[CLUG] up2date not working through proxy - Fedora

[Kevin O'Riordan]

# Automatically generated Red Hat Update Agent config file, do not edit.
# Format: 1.0
networkSetup[comment]=None
networkSetup=1

retrieveOnly[comment]=Retrieve packages only
retrieveOnly=0

enableRollbacks[comment]=Determine if up2date should create rollback rpms
enableRollbacks=0

noSSLServerURL[comment]=Remote server URL without SSL
noSSLServerURL=http://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC
pkgSkipList[comment]=A list of package names, optionally including 
wildcards, to skip
pkgSkipList=kernel*;

storageDir[comment]=Where to store packages and other data when they are 
retrieved
storageDir=/var/spool/up2date

adminAddress[comment]=List of e-mail addresses for update agent to 
communicate with when run in batch mode
adminAddress=root at localhost;

noBootLoader[comment]=To disable modification of the boot loader (lilo, 
silo, etc)
noBootLoader=0

serverURL[comment]=Remote server URL
serverURL=https://xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com/XMLRPC

fileSkipList[comment]=A list of file names, optionally including wildcards, 
to skip
fileSkipList=;

versionOverride[comment]=Override the automatically determined system 
version
versionOverride=

sslCACert[comment]=The CA cert used to verify the ssl server
sslCACert=/usr/share/rhn/RHNS-CA-CERT

noReplaceConfig[comment]=When selected, no packages that would change 
configuration data are automatically installed

noReplaceConfig=1

useNoSSLForPackages[comment]=Use the noSSLServerURL for package, package 
list, and header fetching
useNoSSLForPackages=1

systemIdPath[comment]=Location of system id
systemIdPath=/etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid

enableProxyAuth[comment]=To use an authenticated proxy or not
enableProxyAuth=0

retrieveSource[comment]=Retrieve source RPM along with binary package
retrieveSource=0

disallowConfChanges[comment]=Config options that can not be overwritten by a 
config update action
disallowConfChanges=noReboot;sslCACert;useNoSSLForPackages;noSSLServerURL;serverURL;disallowConfChanges;

headerFetchCount[comment]=The maximimum number of rpm headers to fetch at 
once
headerFetchCount=10

networkRetries[comment]=Number of attempts to make at network connections 
before giving up
networkRetries=5

pkgsToInstallNotUpdate[comment]=A list of provides names or package names of 
packages to install not update
pkgsToInstallNotUpdate=kernel;kernel-modules;

enableProxy[comment]=Use a HTTP Proxy
enableProxy=1

proxyPassword[comment]=The password to use for an authenticated proxy
proxyPassword=

updateUp2date[comment]=Allow up2date to update itself when possible
updateUp2date=1

keepAfterInstall[comment]=Keep packages on disk after installation
keepAfterInstall=0

proxyUser[comment]=The username for an authenticated proxy
proxyUser=

removeSkipList[comment]=A list of package names, optionally including 
wildcards that up2date will not remove
removeSkipList=kernel*;

useGPG[comment]=Use GPG to verify package integrity
useGPG=1

gpgKeyRing[comment]=The location of the gpg keyring to use for package 
checking
gpgKeyRing=/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date-keyring.gpg

debug[comment]=Whether or not debugging is enabled
debug=0

httpProxy[comment]=HTTP proxy in host:port format, e.g. 
squid.redhat.com:3128
httpProxy=emeacache.uk.oracle.com:80

headerCacheSize[comment]=The maximum number of rpm headers to cache in ram
headerCacheSize=40

forceInstall[comment]=Force package installation, ignoring package, file and 
config file skip list
forceInstall=0

noReboot[comment]=Disable the reboot actions
noReboot=0




>From: Daragh Mc Grath <daragh.ilug at eircom.net>
>To: Kevin O'Riordan <k_oriordan at hotmail.com>
>CC: cork at linux.ie
>Subject: Re: [CLUG] up2date not working through proxy - Fedora
>Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 17:21:58 +0000
>
>Kevin O'Riordan wrote:
>
>>Trying to use up2date in Fedora Core 1 but it keeps timing out when trying 
>>to download header file. think it might be something to do with the proxy 
>>settings. I've set http_proxy, HTTP_PROXY, ftp_proxy, FTP_PROXY, set the 
>>proxy in up2date settings, set the proxy in red hat alert settings, set it 
>>in the config files /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date and ~/.rhn-applet.conf and 
>>still no joy.
>
>Kevin,
>
>Can you send yer up2date conf over
>
>
>--
>Regards,
>Daragh
>http://www.daraghmcg.org
>

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