Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool; Configuring The Red Hat Update Agent; General Settings - Red Hat NETWORK WORKGROUP - USER REFERENCE GUIDE 1.0 User Reference Manual

Chapter 3. Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool
Before using the Red Hat Update Agent, you should configure the settings. This can be done
with the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool.
If you are not running the X Window System or prefer the command line version, skip to
Section 3.5.
3.1. Configuring the Red Hat Update Agent
You must be root to run the Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool. If you start the Red
Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool as a standard user, you will be prompted to enter the
root password before proceeding. The Red Hat Update Agent Configuration Tool can be
started using one of the following methods:
On the GNOME desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Programs =>
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System => Update Agent Configuration
On the KDE desktop, go to the Main Menu Button (on the Panel) => Red Hat => Update
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Agent Configuration
Type the command
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terminal)

3.2. General Settings

The General tab allows you to enable an HTTP Proxy Server. If your network connection
requires you to use an HTTP Proxy Server to make HTTP connections, select the Enable
HTTP Proxy option and type your proxy server in the text field with the format
http://HOST:PORT. For example, to use the proxy server http://squid.mysite.org on port
3128, you would enter http://squid.mysite.org:3128 in the text field. Additionally,
if your proxy server requires a username and password, select the Use Authenication
option and enter your username and password in the respective text fields.
at a shell prompt (for example, an xterm or a gnome-
up2date-config
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