>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd->[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nelis Lamprecht >Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 6:47 AM >To: Vittorio >Cc: FreeBSD Questions >Subject: Re: Thru a 'nasty' proxy > >On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:55:43 +0000, Vittorio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:8080 >FETCH_ENV= HTTP_PROXY=http://userid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: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 >_______________________________________________ >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions->[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
If you want to test it without editing your /etc/make.conf file then you can always type in setenv FTP_PROXY=http://userid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:8080. That's what I use to make sure that I've got the right settings before I change any conf files. Thad _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
