Re: apt-get with proxy username and password

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca>]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Gareth wrote:

> I havtried to use a line like this in the apt.conf
> http::username:password@proxy.domain.au:port
> but nothing seemed to happen.

You used the wrong syntax..

acquire::http::proxy "http://username:password@proxy:port";;

Jason