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o2bfishn

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Registered: 2005-12-22

Posts: 53

RESOLVED-pacman through work proxy

i know this is discussed a lot on the forum and i have searched through all the posts on this topic, but can find an answer to my issue.

i have setup the wgetrc file to use my work proxies, as such:
ftp_proxy = ftp://username:password@ftpproxy.domain.com/

but when i do a pacman -Syu i get an error that says:
resolving ftpproxy.domain.com...ipaddress
connecting to ftpproxy.domain.com|ipaddress|:21...connected
logging in as anonymous
the server refuses login
retrying

if i leave out the username:password, it says the same thing

i have installed another distro that uses synaptic and i can browse to these ftp sites, but even putting the same info in synaptic and/or the apt-get config file, it does the same thing.

am i entering the info in wrong or is there something on the firewall that is blocking wget and apt-get? and what server is refusing the login, my work proxy or the remote ftp site?

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: RESOLVED-pacman through work proxy

What's your XferCommand line in /etc/pacman.conf?

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o2bfishn

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Registered: 2005-12-22

Posts: 53

Re: RESOLVED-pacman through work proxy

XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u

the line in wgetrc to use passive ftp is commented out also, but enabling that or leaving it commented out has no effect.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,925

Re: RESOLVED-pacman through work proxy

Doublecheck the url you need to give to your work proxy.

Usually these are dependent on the proxy, not on the application or OS , so  if it is correct the url should work in ANY ftp-client, including windows programs like wsftp pro.

IT support should be able to tell how to configure their preferred ftp-client AND if you have the rights to use ftp transfer.

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o2bfishn

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Registered: 2005-12-22

Posts: 53

Re: RESOLVED-pacman through work proxy

aha! Lone_Wolf you are correct. i booted up the live cd of another distro i had and put in the same proxy into firefox, but when firefox prompted me for my username and password is was pointing to another server (webproxy.domain.com:8080)

i rebooted into arch and put that info into wgetrc and it is working now.

thank you Lone_Wolf and to byte for responding