From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 19 11:32: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from out3.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out3.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.3.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A34C437B5DE for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 11:31:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dpoland@execpc.com) Received: from judah (d10.as2.appl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.24.10]) by out3.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA22336; Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:31:38 -0500 From: "Doug Poland" To: "Lowell Gilbert" , Cc: "ListServer FreeBSD Questions" Subject: RE: fetching ports through a firewall Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 13:31:38 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <44ln070wt5.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for all the help with my strange firewall situation. I was not able to automate the process and have decided to download the entire ports.tar.gz skeleton (9mb) file when I need to update (not very often). I use the make search key=myport switch to find and download the dependancies before I build the port. Not pretty but it works :) > > > "Doug Poland" writes: > > > I must first say that the ports collection is a fine piece > > of work. It allows novices like me to install software > > that I couldn't possibly do from scratch. Now my problem... > > > > I'm stuck behind a Novell firewall. Fortunately, I finally > > have access to the ftp proxy server but cannot figure out > > how to modify the Makefile or /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.ports.mk > > to get fetching to work. > > > > I must always ftp to the proxy server, then enter an > > NDS user followed by ftp user followed by ftp site. > > Then NDS password followed by ftp password. Here's > > an example.. > > > > host% ftp 10.10.10.1 > > Connected to 10.10.10.1. > > 220 Service Ready > > Name (10.10.10.1:djp): ftpuser.wiapp.nrc$anonymous$ftp.freebsd.org > > 331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password. > > Password: ndsPasswd$dpoland@execpc.com > > > > Consequently, every site I connect to will be 10.10.10.1 with > > the ftp user name determining the actual ftp location. > > > > I've searched the mail archives, handbook, diary, and man > > pages on how to do this but have come up empty. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message