wget with https and proxy in redhat

sudevank · 03-27-2007, 10:44 AM

Hi,
I want to use wget with https and proxy. is it possible? i am getting n error 400:Bad request. Fedora it is working fine.
-thanks

bathory · 03-28-2007, 06:02 AM

Edit /etc/wgetrc or better yet edit or create if it doesn't exist ~/.wgetrc and use the following:

Code:

http_proxy = https://proxy.domain.com:port
proxy_user = userid if any
proxy_passwd = passwd if any

lebabyg · 03-28-2007, 09:17 AM

I remember having HUGE problems getting wget to work behind a proxy. I'm pretty sure that Bathory is 100% correct, but if it still doesn't work for you, add a / after the http_proxy = https://proxy.domain.com

ort (so http_proxy = https://proxy.domain.com

ort/) I remember that this / meant 6 hours of major head sctaching but I can't remember if it needs one or doesn't!!

sudevank · 03-29-2007, 01:36 AM

I belive redhat 9 default wget not supporting https with proxy. i was getting an error message Bad request.

so i downloaded the latest wget from
http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/wget/
and latest OpenSsl From
http://www.openssl.org/source/
and compiled Open ssl first
then compiled wget

Code:

make distclean
./configure  --with-libssl-prefix=/usr/local/ssl/ 
make

the wget will be in ./src/wget