Anthony Fok wrote:
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 11:49:57AM +0800, Yang Shouxun wrote:
Dear Debian users,
Because I'm behind a Wingate, I don't have direct access to http or ftp.
Someone suggests set http_proxy and ftp_proxy in /etc/environment, but
that seems to be not working.
Actually, not to /etc/environment, but to /etc/apt/apt.conf.
For example, I used to use this:
Acquire::http::proxy "http://nocache.srv.ualberta.ca:8080/";;
Please let me know if that solves your problem.
Lately, I tried this setting to update to woody from potato 2.2r3, and
it works fine.
There is just one thing annoying: The wingate proxy server requires
java-supported browser for authentication. I can use the proxy only when
the proxy server does not require authenitication.
Thanks!
