Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 07:28:56 -0700 From: "Butterworth, Thaddaeus (Manpower Contract)" <thad.butterworth@hp.com> To: "Nelis Lamprecht" <nlamprecht@gmail.com>, "Vittorio" <v.demartino2@virgilio.it> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Thru a 'nasty' proxy Message-ID: <2D8BB15C7B5C214F81C32D3A83B32736019A0EFF@idbexc01.americas.cpqcorp.net>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd->questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Nelis Lamprecht >Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 6:47 AM >To: Vittorio >Cc: FreeBSD Questions >Subject: Re: Thru a 'nasty' proxy > >On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:55:43 +0000, Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it> >wrote: >> Old linux user now moving gradually to freebsd 5.2.1, at office we have >> a lan >> 1) with an http proxy for which authentication via userid & passwd is >> needed AND >> 2) ftp is blocked, not permitted. >>=20 >> I want to use the ports and compile my programs. I have already tried to >> set the http proxy (as under linux, by the way!) issuing: >>=20 >> env HTTP_PROXY=3D"http://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080" >>=20 >> to no avail; freebsd complains endlessly that >> ............................... >> fetch: ftp://............: Host not found >> ............................. > >Try putting in the following in /etc/make.conf > >FETCH_ENV=3D FTP_PROXY=3Dhttp://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080 >FETCH_ENV=3D HTTP_PROXY=3Dhttp://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080 > >To be honest, haven't tried it with authentication but the above would >be the correct way to make use of a proxy for ports. > >Nelis >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions->unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you want to test it without editing your /etc/make.conf file then you can always type in setenv FTP_PROXY=3Dhttp://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080. That's what I use to make sure that I've got the right settings before I change any conf files. Thad
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