proxy server and synaptic

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On October 16, marilyn at linuxinartsed.org said:

> I think my problem is that Synaptic does not allow me to enter my
> user name and password for the proxy server.  Anyway . . . it will
> not connect to the repository.

I don't use synaptic myself (and i'm not behind a proxy server which
requires authentication), but the standard form for indicating
user/pass for a proxy server is:

  http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/

so i think in synaptic, you'd choose Settings|Preferences, and then
the Network tab from that dialog, and put the username and password
into the "host" box, along with the proxy server's address.  For
example, if your proxy server is proxy.foo, your username is bar, and
your password is qux, you would try:

  bar:qux at proxy.foo

hope this helps!  please report back with what you find.

	--dkg

PS: a google search for

  synaptic proxy username password

turns up a similar suggestion: 

  http://gnowledge.org/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20060116/049924.html