Re: Escaping @ in apt.conf

[Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il>]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 02:27:38PM -0300, Cassiano Leal wrote:
> Hi list!
> 
> Is it possible to escape an "@" in apt.conf?
> 
> I have a file /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/60proxy with the syntax to use apt
> through a proxy:
> 
> ACQUIRE {
> http::proxy "http://username:password@proxy.server.com:3128/";
> }
> 
> but since my password has an @ in it, aptitude thinks that the server
> address starts right after this @. Say this is the real thing:
> 
> http::proxy "http://username:passw@rd@proxy.server.com:3128/";
> 
> I get an error saying that it could not resolve the hostname
> @rd@proxy.server.com !
> 
> Is there a way to escape the @ in the password?

username:password@hostname is interpeted by the client and sent to the
host explicitly. Apt should have some explicit settings for username and
password to the proxy. Unless I'm mistaken.

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