Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:42:42 +0200 From: "DA Forsyth" <d.forsyth@ru.ac.za> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update through proxy with auth Message-ID: <49379802.9933.87CE421@d.forsyth.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <20081203145910.0cab5963@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <4936612D.20753.3BEA7E4@d.forsyth.ru.ac.za>, <20081203145910.0cab5963@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On 3 Dec 2008 , RW entreated about "Re: freebsd-update through proxy with auth": > On Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:36:29 +0200 > "DA Forsyth" <d.forsyth@ru.ac.za> wrote: > > > Hiya > > > > How do I get freebsd-update to fetch through a proxy that requires > > authentication? I cannot find any options in the man pages. > > > > have you tried putting it in the proxy name > > http://user:pass@server:port sadly, that doesn't work looks like freebsd-update never queries the http_proxy env variable -- DA Fo rsyth Network Supervisor Principal Technical Officer -- Institute for Water Research http://www.ru.ac.za/institutes/iwr/
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