The software described in this documentation is either in Extended Support or Sustaining Support. See https://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/enterprise-linux-support-policies-069172.pdf for more information.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade the software described by this documentation as soon as possible.
If your organization uses a proxy server as an intermediary for
Internet access, specify the proxy setting in
/etc/yum.conf as shown in the following
example.
proxy=http://proxysvr.example.com:3128
If the proxy server requires authentication, additionally
specify the proxy_username, and
proxy_password settings.
proxy=http://proxysvr.example.com:3128 proxy_username=yumacc proxy_password=clydenw
If you use the yum plugin (yum-rhn-plugin) to
access the ULN, specify the enableProxy and
httpProxy settings in
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date as shown in this
example.
enableProxy=1 httpProxy=http://proxysvr.example.com:3128
If the proxy server requires authentication, additionally
specify the enableProxyAuth,
proxyUser, and
proxyPassword settings.
enableProxy=1 httpProxy=http://proxysvr.example.com:3128 enableProxyAuth=1 proxyUser=yumacc proxyPassword=clydenw
All yum users require read access to
/etc/yum.conf or
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date. If these files
must be world-readable, do not use a proxy password that is
the same as any user's login password, and especially not
root's password.