Defining proxy server in terminal

AdmiralFreezbee · 10-17-2005, 01:31 PM

Hi,

I need to set a proxy server for my ftp traffic but I only have the terminal at my demand (no kde or gnome).
So let's say the proxy server is proxy.domain.com and the port 8080 what do I have to do?

Thanks!

Steven

nukkel · 10-17-2005, 02:50 PM

Most (not all) programs that support proxies check the environment variables http_proxy and ftp_proxy.
So do 'export ftp_proxy=ftp://the.server.com

ort/' and try to do your stuff.

Not all programs do things this way, but the common tools like wget and lynx do, so chances are, it will work
If not, you may have to give command-line options to the prog you're trying to use.

Good luck

nukkel · 10-17-2005, 02:51 PM

Hmm, that smiley should be a colon followed by a 'p'...