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im sorry if this question is already asked before, i've searched through this forum and i found no thread related to my question.
i read on wget's website that wget supports SOCKS proxy, but i found no entry explaining how to use wget with socks..
im using socks via ssh tunneling with this syntax
Code:
$ ssh me@some.host.com -D 8888
and then configuring my firefox to connect via localhost socks proxy, but i have no idea about configuring wget to download via socks like my browser..
However, if you are behind a firewall that requires that you use a socks style gateway, you can get the socks library and build Wget with support for socks.
From the above excerpt from the wget manual, it looks like you have to recompile wget with socks support. This was made until wget-1.9 by specifying option --with-socks to ./configure. I don't know about recent versions 1.10.X, since this option has been removed.
From the above excerpt from the wget manual, it looks like you have to recompile wget with socks support. This was made until wget-1.9 by specifying option --with-socks to ./configure. I don't know about recent versions 1.10.X, since this option has been removed.
i've already re-build my wget 1.9 with socks option before i started this this thread.. the thing is how to use wget with socks.. i've tried putting this line to ~/.wgetrc
Sorry, I misunderstood the original question. What is the exact error message you get when trying to download a file? Maybe do the proxy require authentication? In this case you should activate the flags
Sorry, I misunderstood the original question. What is the exact error message you get when trying to download a file? Maybe do the proxy require authentication? In this case you should activate the flags
Code:
proxy_user=
proxy_passwd=
or trying to use the syntax
Code:
http_proxy=http://user:password@127.0.0.1:8888
the problem is i dont know how to use SOCKS proxy with wget after i re-compile it with socks support..
the syntax you posted is for http proxy and AFAIK socks proxy doesnt need any username & password..
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