proxy server and synaptic

Stéphane Graber stgraber at stgraber.org
Mon Oct 16 18:17:51 UTC 2006


marilyn at linuxinartsed.org wrote:
> Hi there!
> 
> I just installed Edubuntu on my home computer and had a great time adding
> additional packages using Synaptic.
> 
> However, here at school, we have a proxy server.  I have the IP numbers, etc.,
> login and everything.  My browser is setup correctly . . . there is nothing
> wrong with my information.
> 
> 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.
> 
> :(
> 
> Advice??  How can I get around this?  Am I missing something?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marilyn
> 

Try with something like this :
http://username:password@proxy-ip-or-name:port

example : http://mylogin:mypass@proxy.mydomain.com:8080

Stéphane Graber




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