John R Pierce wrote: > Clint Dilks wrote: > >> export http_proxy=\/alid at proxy.example.com:80 >> export http_proxy='\/alid at proxy.example.com:80' >> export http_proxy="\/alid at proxy.example.com:80" >> export http_proxy=\\\/alid at proxy.example.com:80 >> >> > > I think I'd try... > > export http_proxy="\\/alid at proxy.example.com:80" > > which I didn't see in your examples. > > but... I thought it was user:password at hostname, not password at hostname ?? > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > it is sorry These should all read export http_proxy=http://<user>:\/alid at proxy.example.com:80 export http_proxy='http://<user>:\/alid at proxy.example.com:80' export http_proxy="http://<user>:\/alid at proxy.example.com:80" export http_proxy=http://<user>:\\\/alid at proxy.example.com:80 and now export http_proxy="http://<user>:\\/alid at proxy.example.com:80"