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Subject: Re: freebsd-update through proxy with auth
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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