cannot connect to Internet...http proxy?

[vittorio]

Alle 05:44, giovedì 11 agosto 2005, perikillo ha scritto:
> On 02 Aug 2005 09:35:31 -0400, Lowell Gilbert
>
> <freebsd-questions-local at be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
> > perikillo <perikillo at gmail.com> writes:
> > >       In my work, we connect to the internet over one http proxy
> > > (squid) running on fedora, with windows(98/2k/xp) we dont have any
> > > problem to acces to the outside. I have my user and password, the
> > > proxy have the IP: 192.168.1.2 Port 3128
> > >
> > >       I need to access to the internet to update my system because i
> > > only download the mini-iso, and i need to update ports and kernel, i
> > > need to install some packages, but went the /stand/sysinstall ask me
> > > how i want to connect to the internet i chose HTTP Proxy, them he ask:
> > >
> > > Please enter the address of the http proxy in this format:
> > > hostname: port (the ':port' is optional, default is 3128 )
> > >
> > >    I give the IP of my proxy: 192.168.1.2, but he dont ask my user and
> > > password, and say:
> > >
> > > "No Such directory: ftp://ftp4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD
> > > /snapshots/i386/5.3-RELEASE please check URL and try again"
> > >
> > >   We use one DHCP server with windows that give the IP, i receive the
> > > IP, but still cannot connect my freebsd box to the internet, some docs
> > > say that if we receive our IP address from some DHCP we dont need to
> > > worry about the DNS. I dont have nothing on /etc/resolv.conf
> > >
> > >   Our subnet is W.X.2.Z  --> my IP is 192.168.2.22
> > >
> > >   I forget something?, i need to ask something more to the person is
> > > in charge of the Internet access?
> > >
> > >   I really need to setup freebsd, because we need to test some
> > > software before next friday. Hope you could help me, thanks.
> >
> > Set the HTTP_PROXY environment variable.
> > See "man 3 fetch".
>
>    Ok, i still have problems connecting my freebsd 5.3 to the outside,
> i read man 3 fetch and have this examples:
>
> **************************** man 3 fetch********************************
> EXAMPLES
>      To access a proxy server on proxy.example.com port 8080, set the
>      HTTP_PROXY environment variable in a manner similar to this:
>
>            HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:8080
>
>      If the proxy server requires authentication, there are two options
> avail- able for passing the authentication data.  The first method is by
> using the proxy URL:
>
>            HTTP_PROXY=http://<user>:<pwd>@proxy.example.com:8080
>
>      The second method is by using the HTTP_PROXY_AUTH environment
> variable:
>
>            HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:8080
>            HTTP_PROXY_AUTH=basic:*:<user>:<pwd>
> *************************** end man 3 fetch*****************************
>
>   Them i add this to my /root/.cshrc
>
>   setenv HTTP_PROXY http://myusername:mypassword@192.168.1.2:3128
>   setenv http_proxy http://myusername:mypassword@192.168.1.2:3128
>
>    Where 192.168.1.2 is my internal proxy(squid), that let goes out
> side, that proxy is begin the firewall, all running on fedora on the
> same box, is my setup correct or i didnt understand well?
>
>     I dont get it, it looks very easy, any tip there?




Put
 FETCH_ENV= HTTP_PROXY=http://<user>:<pwd>@proxy.example.com:8080
FETCH_ENV= FTP_PROXY=http://<user>:<pwd>@proxy.example.com:8080

in file /etc/make.conf
It works for me!!

Ciao from Rome
Vittorio