Isaac Wankerl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > At work I'm behind a proxy server which requires a username and > password. Is it possible to setup fink to work in this > configuration? The FAQ has a question about proxies, but it doesn't > say anything about usernames and passwords.
During 'fink configure', there is a set of questions: Proxy/Firewall settings during which you are prompted to enter proxies, with the instruction: The URL should start with http:// and may contain username, password or port specifications. ...and then no explanation of exactly how the URL should look :( The complete specificiation would be something like: http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:port IIRC, some older versions of curl may not handle that correctly so you may have to install fink's (or better yet curl-ssl) pkg. dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to find out more http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/guidepromo.tmpl _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
