Setting up proxy

[Joao Barros]

On 8/18/06, Viswas Nair <fysical at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am trying to setup a FBSD 6.1 machine at work. I have an IP addressed by a
> DHCP server. However, to connect to the internet I need to use a proxy. How
> do I configure the system to connect via the proxy?
>
> I cannot use a browser in to do the same because I am presently trying to
> install the window manager and other applications via ports.

Set this in your shell:
export HTTP_PROXY=http://user:paswd@IP:3128

or

setenv HTTP_PROXY http://user:paswd@IP:3128

-- 
Joao Barros