Re: ftp via proxy server, for dselect

1999-08-25 Thread Benjamin Low
I too have a proxy, and also had a no-go using ftp access w/ dselect/dpkg (slink). I found that if I used a http access pointing to the ftp site, all works well (provided the site allows http to their ftp site, as most debian sites seem to). e.g. here's my /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ftp.

Re: ftp via proxy server, for dselect

1999-08-22 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
> > John D Smith wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have loaded debian onto a satellite 110CS for about the 4th time > > this weekend, But finally getting somewhere, I have a situation where > > the network I am plugged into has a proxy server out to the internet. > > Now I can actually watch in the proxy

Re: ftp via proxy server, for dselect

1999-08-22 Thread Dean
Since none of the experts answered, I've got a question. Is it possible you need a different site? I have no experience on proxy servers, does deselect look at the proxy & then proxy does what dselect wants? Can you bypass proxy & just let dselect do its own thing? Dean > John D Smith wrote: >