Re: [LUG] Using apt through a proxy?

[Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:29:28 +0000
Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Grant Sewell wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm trying to set up 'my' laptop to work through a proxy... basically, I've seen 
> > that I need to set an environment variable ("http_proxy") containing the proxy 
> > details in the format of:
> > http://user:password@proxy:port
> > Now, I know all of the above details, and have entered them appropriately:
> > # http_proxy="http://user.name:mypassword@collegesproxy:8080";
> > # export http_proxy
> > # apt-get update
> > 
> > The output of the above shows that it is indeed trying to connect through the 
> > proxy, but I keep getting errors back from the proxy itself regarding 
> > authentication.  I'm thinking it might have something to do with the fact that 
> > it's a Windows ISA proxy (no... I have no control over this and I am not likely 
> > to get them to change their proxy system to a good one) as I know for certain 
> > that the username, password, proxy address/name and port are spot-on.
> > 
> > So, to cut a long story short: has anyone else run into problems using apt and a 
> > Windows ISA proxy... and got it sorted?
> > 
> > Cheers.
> > Grant.
> > 
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> Why not set this as a global variable ??

I fully intend to set it as a global variable... once I know it works.  Would 
setting it as a global variable fix the issue of the correct information not being 
accepted by the ISA server?

Grant.

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