apt-get & Synaptic

[Halfdan]

I'm sitting behind a proxy. The emailing and web browsing is OK, but I can't update the system nor by Synaptic nor via terminal.

407 Proxy Authentication Required - the server and the port number is OK, but where and how can I give the username and password for it?

The problem is, that my proxy username is the full email address with @? What is the syntax?

THX, Halfdan absolutely newbie

[speedman]

You will need to create an apt config file here:

/etc/apt/apt.conf

... and specify the proxy/user settings in that file.

From man apt.conf:

http HTTP URIs; http:roxy is the default http proxy to use. It is
in the standard form of http://[[user][***]@]host[ort]/. Per
host proxies can also be specified by using the form
http:roxy::<host> with the special keyword DIRECT meaning to
use no proxies. The http_proxy environment variable will over‐
ride all settings.

Specific apt.conf config examples can be found here:

/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz

Google can also shed some light for you:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...th&btnG=Search

HTH


Regards,

SM

[PeteJ]

My proxy is for http only, following:
A parent's guide to Linux Web filtering, by Joe Bolin
http://desktops.linux.com/desktops/0...&tid=99&tid=13

I couldn't get apt--get to get through the proxy using various tools including apt-setup, export http_proxy, and editing /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf.

So...I'm experimenting with upgrading from Warty to Hoary by replacing the http with ftp in my /etc/apt/sources.list repository. It's Get-ting pkg 390 at the moment, with about 30 minutes to go.

Is there any problem with that ftp replacement trick?

I copied the below sources.list from somewhere.

I noticed that deb ftp://jrfonseca.dyndns.org/debian/ ./ doesn't accept ftp--updating my java via ftp is a project for another day.

Thanks,
Pete

petjal@ubuntu:~ $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
## The following lines pertain to supported packages:
deb ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary main restricted
deb-src ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary main restricted

## The following lines pertain to security updates:
deb ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security main restricted
deb-src ftp://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-security main restricted

## Uncomment after release to continue getting updates:
deb ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary-updates main restricted

## IMPORTANT:
## Software from the following repositories are ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by
## the Ubuntu team, and may not be under a free licence. This means that
## software in these repositories WILL NOT receive any review or updates
## from the Ubuntu security team either. These packages are provided as a
## service to our users and nothing more.

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe' and
## 'multiverse' repositories:
deb ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary universe multiverse
deb-src ftp://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary universe multiverse

## Uncomment the following line to add Java software:
deb ftp://jrfonseca.dyndns.org/debian/ ./

petjal@ubuntu:~ $

[Halfdan]

I've made the changes, made 01acquire file in apt.conf.d folder, but no succes...

What can I do in that case, if my firewall-login is xy@mail.zz.

http_proxy=http://xy@mail.zz***@proxyort/ ??? If I define this, the answer: Couldn't resolve host!

[Halfdan]

Succes, the apostrophes

Acquire::http:roxy "http://"xx@yy.zz":"password"@myproxy:3128"

[ReefShark]

I've tried the above...

/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01aquire
acquire::http::proxy "http://username:pwd@proxyserver:port";

... and a view variations on the theme

When I try to update (as root) I get the errors:

Err http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/main Packages
  502 Proxy Error ( The ISA Server denies the specified Uniform Resource Locator (URL).  )
Err http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/restricted Packages
  502 Proxy Error ( The ISA Server denies the specified Uniform Resource Locator (URL).  )
Err http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/universe Packages
  502 Proxy Error ( The ISA Server denies the specified Uniform Resource Locator (URL).  )
Err http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/multiverse Packages
  502 Proxy Error ( The ISA Server denies the specified Uniform Resource Locator (URL).  )

etc...

What am I doing wrong? I can connect to the internet with the same proxysettings (in Firefox) just fine, even the security.ubuntu.com (and any other) website.

[x3ja]

I have had the same error (ISA Server denies the specified URL). I have tried all the above plus I tried something from http://wiki.colinux.org/cgi-bin/coLinuxIAQ#A3 where it suggests:

export http_proxy=http://domainname\\userassword@YOUR_PROXY:8080/

But that doesn't work for me either (I've even tried domainname.local)

Any more ideas?

[x3ja]

FINALLY found my way around this using this script to be a proxy to my ISA Server...
http://ntlmaps.sourceforge.net/.

WOO!

[ailanpair]

WOW!!! It works across a Novell network too! THANKS HEAPS!!!