Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:46:37 +0200 From: Nelis Lamprecht <nlamprecht@gmail.com> To: Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Thru a 'nasty' proxy Message-ID: <7cbadc8704111105466929f9fd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200411111355.43139.v.demartino2@virgilio.it> References: <200411111355.43139.v.demartino2@virgilio.it>
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:55:43 +0000, Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it> wrote: > Old linux user now moving gradually to freebsd 5.2.1, at office we have > a lan > 1) with an http proxy for which authentication via userid & passwd is > needed AND > 2) ftp is blocked, not permitted. > > I want to use the ports and compile my programs. I have already tried to > set the http proxy (as under linux, by the way!) issuing: > > env HTTP_PROXY="http://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080" > > to no avail; freebsd complains endlessly that > ............................... > fetch: ftp://............: Host not found > ............................. Try putting in the following in /etc/make.conf FETCH_ENV= FTP_PROXY=http://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080 FETCH_ENV= HTTP_PROXY=http://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080 To be honest, haven't tried it with authentication but the above would be the correct way to make use of a proxy for ports. Nelis
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