Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 06:25:29 -0430 From: Alberto Mijares <amijaresp@gmail.com> To: Dino Vliet <dino_vliet@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: question regarding FTP_PROXY Message-ID: <AANLkTimya1jOywrff6upaj_aniKsjOJp00KiG4a5vXvQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <744186.88081.qm@web51105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <744186.88081.qm@web51105.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Dino Vliet <dino_vliet@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi freebsd folks, > > I'm having troubles installing some ports because I'm behind a restrictive pf firewall. I've heard that this could > be circumvented if I use a ftp_proxy. I have this debian server that can access ftp sites and I installed vsftp on > that and checked I can get to that box with ftp. > > However, if I try this command from my freebsd box: > > fetch: ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/utilities/screen/screen-4.0.3.tar.gz > > I get: > > "Not logged in" > > My ftp proxy environment variable in .profile is: > > FTP_PROXY=ftp://ftp:ftp@192.168.2.101:21 (also tried with only ftp://192.168.2.101:21 but no luck) > export FTP_PROXY I think you should set FTP_LOGIN and FTP_PASSWORD whith propper credential, or set them whithin the URL. See man(3) fetch. Regards Alberto Mijares
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