Topic: Authorising SMESERVER through a proxy..

[dimvin]

I have just set up a new smeserver as a server only install to play with at work. I have an IP and Hostname assigned by the IT dept. On our network client machines use "identd_200.exe" for each machine to get Internet access though the use of our log in names. I have a user/passwd for my server to access the internet...

My Question is > by what means would i be able to get the server to authenticate to the proxy server so i can get net access from the SMESERVER?

Thanks in advance.
just a little bit dim. vin.

[mmccarn]

Here's a start: http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ#Upstream_proxy_server_configuration

I don't know what you'll need to do to actually authenticate to your existing proxy (if that is required), and there may be some issues with yum (I seem to remember a "new feature request" to get yum to work using the "upstream proxy" settings, but I don't know the outcome).

[CharlieBrady]

On our network client machines use "identd_200.exe" for each machine to get Internet access though the use of our log in names. I have a user/passwd for my server to access the internet...

Without knowing any technical details of what identd_200.exe does, it won't be possible for you to access the Internet from SME server.

My guess however is that identd_200 is an rfc 1413 server:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ident

You could try using a custom template (search here) for /etc/oidentd.conf so that oidentd on SME server identifies squid as being your user name, when your proxy asks.

This is probably more trouble than it is worth, and you should try our SME server on a less locked-down network.

[Stefano]

you should try our SME server on a less locked-down network.

I would suggest OP to ask for a rule to permit SME to reach internet without any auth..

my 2€c

[mercyh]

Look at the proxy.sh and the proxy.csh files in the following thread as a possible way to make YUM work from command line.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/archive/index.php/t-742.html

However, be aware that if you do this and 3 years later that proxy server changes or goes away. You may spend a lot of time trying to figure out why yum is broken.
(I inherited an sme with a consulting job that someone had done this to and it took a good week of poking around in my spare time to find it)