trying to ue abs behind a firewall

yotama9 · 2010-10-06 07:39:31

Hi guys.

I am using a machine which is behind the university firewall. I tried to use abs but the university proxy prevented the transfer. I tried to use abs -t but I got this:

[avityo@chakra-laptop ~]$ sudo abs -t
Password: 
==> Downloading tarballs...
    ==> core...
==> ERROR: Download failed
    ==> extra...
==> ERROR: Download failed
    ==> community...
==> ERROR: Download failed
    ==> testing...
==> ERROR: Download failed
    ==> community-testing...
==> ERROR: Download failed
[avityo@chakra-laptop ~]$

What can I do next? I prefer not to use a remote ssh server as was suggested in this form. This step will slow down the connection by a factor of about 50 if not more.

Thanks

Yotam

fukawi2 · 2010-10-06 08:30:53

I've guessing you need to use a proxy to get out, so you'll need to set the appropriate proxy variables etc to use -t

Here's what I use:

morpheus /home/fukawi2 $ env | grep -i proxy | sort
ftp_proxy=http://proxy.fukawi2.local:3128
FTP_PROXY=http://proxy.fukawi2.local:3128
http_proxy=http://proxy.fukawi2.local:3128
HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.fukawi2.local:3128
https_proxy=http://proxy.fukawi2.local:3128
HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.fukawi2.local:3128
no_proxy=127.0.0.0/8,localhost

Allan · 2010-10-06 08:31:25

It just uses wget, so export http_proxy etc.

yotama9 · 2010-10-06 10:39:20

Hmmm...

Which ports should I use?

how can I tell if the gateway allows me to access that port?

here is what I have now:

[avityo@chakra-laptop ~]$ env | grep -i proxy | sort
http_proxy=sansana.bgu.ac.il:80
HTTP_PROXY=sansana.bgu.ac.il:80
[avityo@chakra-laptop ~]$ sudo abs -t
==> Downloading tarballs...
    ==> core...
==> ERROR: Download failed
    ==> extra...
==> ERROR: Download failed
    ==> community...
==> ERROR: Download failed
    ==> testing...
==> ERROR: Download failed
    ==> community-testing...
==> ERROR: Download failed

fukawi2 · 2010-10-06 22:11:05

yotama9 wrote:

Which ports should I use?
how can I tell if the gateway allows me to access that port?

You need to talk to your Network Administrator to find that information. Whatever you use in your web browser as a proxy should work.

Allan · 2010-10-06 22:16:13

oh... this could be fixed with abs-2.4.1 in [testing]. Especially if you have $arch in your mirror url...

Arch Linux

#1 2010-10-06 07:39:31

trying to ue abs behind a firewall

#2 2010-10-06 08:30:53

Re: trying to ue abs behind a firewall

#3 2010-10-06 08:31:25

Re: trying to ue abs behind a firewall

#4 2010-10-06 10:39:20

Re: trying to ue abs behind a firewall

#5 2010-10-06 22:11:05

Re: trying to ue abs behind a firewall

#6 2010-10-06 22:16:13

Re: trying to ue abs behind a firewall

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