Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 22:51:19 -0400 From: "Michael G." <mikegoe@ibm.net> To: "FBSDQ" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Running thru Proxy Message-ID: <199810180257.CAA104114@out1.ibm.net>
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Patrick,
OK..I'll go give this a try. I am able to get through
to ftp.cdrom.com but when I get there I get the message
that I can't cd to the 3.0-Release distribution on this
server..but I fire up ftp on the proxy machine and verified
it was there...appreciate the help!
Michael G.
On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 22:22:06 -0400, Patrick Seal wrote:
>I haven't tested this but...
>
>If you are setting up througth the automatic ftp thing just set your
>username to username@ftp.mirror.org and it should give the proxy
>enough info to connect. EX: patseal@ftp.freebsd.org would connect to
>ftp.freebsd.org
>
>Patrick Seal
>patseal@hyperhost.net
>
>> Subject: Re: Running thru Proxy
>>
>>
>> This was a great question to come across....I'm trying to
>> install 3.0 using a boot disk and ftp'ing through a windows
>> proxy server...so I need to set the environment
>> variable...any suggestions on what the fetch man page might
>> say...since I can't read it yet <grin>..thanks Doug!
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