[Bugs] #4571 Sugar NORM: Design a solution for automated-proxy auth not working with system updates

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#4571: Design a solution for automated-proxy auth not working with system updates
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       Reporter:  DeepakMuddha  |       Owner:  jerry
           Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
       Priority:  Normal        |   Milestone:  Unspecified
      Component:  Sugar         |     Version:  Unspecified
       Severity:  Minor         |    Keywords:  AU1B
Distribution/OS:  Unspecified   |  Bug Status:  Assigned
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 As described in the comments at #3099:

 For security reasons, automated proxy systems (PAC/WPAD) cannot carry
 authentification data (user and password), which remains for the user to
 be putted in when prompted. This works OK in Browse, Epiphany, and other
 web-browser-based applications like WikipediaEN (in that last case with
 some quirks), but it cannot work for system updates as those run on the
 background and as root.

 Two ideas for a workaround are:

     * Add a "Proxy for system updates" new section into the network CP,
 that would set the proxy for yum and the activity updater.
    *  Add a "System update" section to sugar-update-control that can
 handle user/password prompts as needed, and can run yum through sudo.

 I'm breaking this task into three steps, a brainstorm one to propose
 solutions or choose one of the listed ones, then a design step that should
 be done before march 19 so it can be approved by Sridhar before he goes on
 vacation, and an implementation step that should be ready for the next XO-
 System release. This ticket tracks step one.

 This can of course be simplified if an easier path appears at any moment.

 [https://sugardextrose.org/issues/3266]
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