How do I diagnose this?

[Thomas Charron]

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:22 PM,  <bruce.labitt at autoliv.com> wrote:
> Recently I changed employment.  (Our group was bought.)  It appears that the
> new network is configured quite differently than at my previous employer.
>  Naturally, stuff has broken.   Right now I am trying to figure out why yum
> and wget (http and ftp) fail.  I think it may be because the programs would
> need to login to the network before being allowed access.
>
> From my observations, this past week, I believe this is a windows centric
> organization.  I have an active directory login.  When I first used my
> browser in linux, it challenged me.  I provided the correct credentials and
> was able to access the net.
>
> What should I do to try to figure this out?  Do I need to use ntlmaps, which
> is a python program?
>
> My local IT person linux experience is not recent, however, he seems to be
> quite willing to learn.  I would like to know what to ask for, or at the
> very least how to write up a help ticket.  It would be fun to figure this
> out with the list's collective help, however, which is why I am asking...

  After you open the web browser and go out after answering the
challenge, can wget now access?  Or is the firewall actively requiring
HTTP security for all requests?

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-- Thomas