OpenSUSE 12.1 zypper cannot connect through proxy

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#1

I am having issues getting Zypper to communicate through our corporate proxy server. Based on other threads, I have set my /root/.curlrc to look something like this:


proxy-user = "<user>:<pass>"
proxy = "http://proxy.com:8080"

I get this error when using zypper:


zypper  -p http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.1/  update
Adding repository 'http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.1/' [done]
Repository 'http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.1/' successfully added
Enabled: Yes
Autorefresh: Yes
GPG check: Yes
URI: http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.1/

Retrieving repository 'http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.1/' metadata |]
Download (curl) error for 'http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.1/repodata/repomd.xml':
Error code: HTTP response: 407
Error message: The requested URL returned error: 407

However, if I use curl immediately afterward to download the failed url, it works:


curl http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_12.1/repodata/repomd.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<repomd xmlns="http://linux.duke.edu/metadata/repo">
  <data type="other">
    <location href="repodata/other.xml.gz"/>
    <checksum type="sha">56b9a6352952a41ab76d1cae19fb2b751720802f</checksum>
    <timestamp>1322421915</timestamp>
    <open-checksum type="sha">131ffb8b739681492d6743c1a3647aa420d13574</open-checksum>
  </data>
  <data type="filelists">
    <location href="repodata/filelists.xml.gz"/>
    <checksum type="sha">98b66f16acf14bd19a2508f2d11a08bc48062588</checksum>
    <timestamp>1322421915</timestamp>
    <open-checksum type="sha">3196527b3309b5c42d51926a0898ae7d6373949a</open-checksum>
  </data>
  <data type="primary">
    <location href="repodata/primary.xml.gz"/>
    <checksum type="sha">89814e8108c993057ec26bc988dd4383098e4a56</checksum>
    <timestamp>1322421915</timestamp>
    <open-checksum type="sha">a806460c17e8846a1b982c6d495635d7c90cde69</open-checksum>
  </data>
</repomd>

Any ideas?

TIA

#2

You do not tell if you checked what HTTP error 407 means. I found HTTP Error 407 Proxy authentication required Explained
This to prevent all others except you to search for it.

#3

Same problem… how is it possible… :S

#4

I use /etc/sysconfig/proxy

and it works