Bug 682412 - @ in proxy user name prevents yum from working
Summary: @ in proxy user name prevents yum from working
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: yum
Version: 14
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
low
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Assignee: Seth Vidal
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-03-05 09:58 UTC by giulix
Modified: 2014-01-21 23:17 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2012-08-16 15:49:20 UTC
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Description giulix 2011-03-05 09:58:22 UTC
Description of problem:

When using yum behind a proxy (i.e. by setting http(s)_proxy environment variables), use of a proxy user name containing an at sign (@), like an email address, prevents yum from working.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.2.28-5


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set environment variable http_proxy
export http_proxy=http://username:password@host:port
2. Update using yum from a command line: Ok
3. Set environment variable http_proxy
export http_proxy=http://username@domain.com:password@host:port
4. Update from a repo using yum from a command line: Ko
  
Actual results:

yum is not able to connect to a proxy when an at sign (@) is present in the proxy user name

Expected results:

yum is able to work through a proxy when proxy authentication involves using a password containing an at sign (@), like many ISP force their customers to use

Additional info: FedoraForum thread reporting the incident:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?p=1447849#post1447849

Comment 1 giulix 2011-03-05 10:04:34 UTC
Please note that in the original submission, Expected results, where it says: "using a password" should read "using a user name".

Comment 2 Tim Lauridsen 2011-03-06 09:00:24 UTC
try using replacing @ with %40.

export http_proxy=http://username%40domain.com:password@host:port

Comment 3 giulix 2011-03-07 08:27:34 UTC
It works here. Requesting additional feedback from fedoraforum.org, too.

Thanks a lot.

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