From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 15:49:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id 8025816A4CF; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:49:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:49:23 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: freebsd questions Message-ID: <20031210234923.GA17387@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20031210221414.32347.qmail@web40607.mail.yahoo.com> <20031210231936.GB7165@staflaptop.antw.the-ecorp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031210231936.GB7165@staflaptop.antw.the-ecorp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: cvsup behind http proxy X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 23:49:23 -0000 On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 12:19:37AM +0100, staf wagemakers wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:14:14PM +0000, Feroz F. Basir wrote: > > > > anybody ever cvsup behind http proxy? The only way to > > go out (internet) is going through http proxy. And > > this http require authentication as well. Any ideas? > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > Try to set "HTTP_PROXY" & "HTTP_AUTH" variable: > > # HTTP_PROXY=your.proxy > # HTTP_AUTH=login:pass > # export HTTP_PROXY HTTP_AUTH > # cvsup -L 2 my_supfile cvsup doesn't use http, so a http proxy won't be any use to you. You could use something like httptunnel to tunnel to a site outside the firewall, or an alternative source distribution method like ctm (which uses email). Kris