1] Configure
When configuring lftp to use socks5, all you need to do is:
./configure --with-socks5

2] Required
Yes, socks must be installed, I use NEC Socks 5 (/app/socks5-v1.0r11).

3] Shell
Then, you need to set the server in the shell environment.
export SOCKS5_SERVER="1.2.3.4:1080"

4] Off you go.
Then when you lftp anywhere, the socks proxy should be used.
Use netwatch or other traffic capture utility to verify this.




On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Snowbug F wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've searched through the mailing list archive but still don't know the answer. 
> Please help.
>
> I've got the following questions:
>
> 1. Do I need to install a SOCKS5 implementation library in order to compile lftp 
> with the flag --with-socks5? If yes, which one? Do I need to specify any other flags 
> or do other setup tasks before lftp can compile?
>
> 2. Once compiled, how do I specify the SOCKS5 server information, such as 
> authentication user/pass, etc? Is it implementation specific? Note that only a few 
> FTP servers I connect to require to use SOCKS5 proxy.
>
> Any input is highly appreciated!
>
> Snowbug
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