Re: can apt/aptitude use a non-anonymous mirror?

[Scott <angrykeyboarder@angrykeyboarder.com>]

phyrster wrote:
> Hi debianners,
> 
> Can apt/aptitude use a ftp mirror that requires username and password?
> 
> I got some space on a ftp but the admin says I got to use the username and
> password use the space. I planned to put some pkg archives on it but not
> sure how to make apt/aptitude it. 
> 
> If I put the the line like this, will it work? (I don't have the server
> ready now):
> 
> deb ftp://linux:linux@10.0.0.1 archives
> 

You could always just try it out and see, the worst thing that could
happen is you'll get error messages.

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