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Date:      Mon, 18 Feb 2002 10:34:54 -0800
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com>
To:        DrdeHaerne@aol.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, schuerge@wjpserver.cs.uni-sb.de
Subject:   Re: make.conf, proxy and ports
Message-ID:  <20020218103454.M48401@blossom.cjclark.org>
In-Reply-To: <8c.14223221.29a2a014@aol.com>; from DrdeHaerne@aol.com on Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 01:21:07PM -0500
References:  <8c.14223221.29a2a014@aol.com>

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On Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 01:21:07PM -0500, DrdeHaerne@aol.com wrote:
> thanks for the tip, it's working now fantasticly, but just for ports that fetch from http:// URLs.
> 
> Anything ftp://, fetch returns "Protocol Error"
> 
> This is using:
> 
> >FETCH_ENV=    FTP_PROXY=ftp://10.100.10.100:1080
> >HTTP_PROXY=http://10.100.10.100:3128
> 
> I'm correct in assuming this is in one line right? I tried 2 lines as well (that is 2 FETCH_ENV statements) and it produces the same good results (and problem).

One line.

> At first I thought it was a problem with my SOCKS server or the packet filter rules, but then I realized that my win machines can fetch ftp:// URLs fine using the socks server. i then double checked my access rules for the socks server, and they did in fact include the correct permissions for my new freebsd machine.
> 
> Strangely enough, after installing lynx on the system in question, lynx can also retrieve http:// but not ftp:// (maybe this is just because lynx is.. well odd)
> 
> I've never used or played with fetch mutch (asides when its automaticaly called by the ports installation). is there a system wide fetch config file on fbsd 4.5?
> 
> well, thanks for any help, its appreciated!

Try running fetch(1) with the '-v' option too. If that still doesn't
shed light, try sniffing the connection to see what is going on.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark@alum.mit.edu
                                   |     cjclark@jhu.edu
http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/    |     cjc@freebsd.org

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