From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 31 18:38:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87A4916A418 for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:38:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark.jacobs@custserv.com) Received: from mail147.messagelabs.com (mail147.messagelabs.com [216.82.245.147]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09A7D13C4CA for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:38:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark.jacobs@custserv.com) X-VirusChecked: Checked X-Env-Sender: mark.jacobs@custserv.com X-Msg-Ref: server-4.tower-147.messagelabs.com!1185905388!21532989!11 X-StarScan-Version: 5.5.12.11; banners=-,-,- X-Originating-IP: [64.236.226.116] Received: (qmail 18850 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2007 18:09:59 -0000 Received: from post.customersvc.com (HELO TMPMSGSM01.enterprise.corpad.timeinc.com) (64.236.226.116) by server-4.tower-147.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 31 Jul 2007 18:09:59 -0000 Received: from TMPMSGMB02.enterprise.corpad.timeinc.com ([10.176.44.50]) by TMPMSGSM01.enterprise.corpad.timeinc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:09:56 -0400 Received: from bc007776.tcs.timeinc.com ([10.176.156.30]) by TMPMSGMB02.enterprise.corpad.timeinc.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:09:56 -0400 Message-ID: <46AF7AA4.6040902@custserv.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:08:36 -0400 From: Mark Jacobs Organization: Time Customer Service User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070521) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Jul 2007 18:09:56.0806 (UTC) FILETIME=[0061EE60:01C7D39E] Subject: SOCKS V5 proxy for http_proxy Environmental variable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: mark.jacobs@custserv.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:38:20 -0000 I am attempting to set the http_proxy environmental variable to a SOCKS 5 proxy server that is really an SSH tunnel to a server outside the network. When I execute the fetch command it is failing with this error message; bc007776# fetch -v ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-22.1.tar.gz looking up 127.0.0.1 connecting to 127.0.0.1:8080 requesting ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-22.1.tar.gz fetch: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-22.1.tar.gz: Unknown error: 0 Is this supported? -- Mark Jacobs Technical Services Time Customer Service - Tampa, FL ------ "The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." -- Julius (Groucho) Henry Marx