Thanks for coolmohitz for this idea. Copying this into your /usr/bin directory enables easy proxy authentication for yum without storing your Windows username and password anywhere in .bashrc:


#!/bin/bash

if [ "$PROXY" == "" ]
then
echo "PROXY environment variable not set. Set it now?"
read -e -p "proxy address and port: http://" PROXY
fi

read -e -p "proxy username: " username
read -es -p "proxy password: " password
export http_proxy="http://$username:$password@$PROXY"
export ftp_proxy="http://$username:$password@$PROXY"

echo ""
while [ "$yumcmd" != "exit" ]
do
echo "Type yum commands now ('exit' to terminate):"
read -e -p "(yum) " yumcmd
if [ "$yumcmd" != "exit" ]
then
yum $yumcmd
fi
done


To run:


# yum-proxy


Fill in authentication details, then just type the yum commands you want to issue without the yum, and then type 'exit' to quit, eg.


(yum) list available
(yum) update perl
(yum) exit