Clint Dilks wrote: > and now > > export http_proxy="http://<user>:\\/alid at proxy.example.com:80 ok, i bet i know what the problem is here. the / is a stop character in UR syntax, as its a path seperatorL, used to seperate a path. I'm guessing you shoudl avoid / \ ; @ % and maybe , ? & and * in your passwords. ` ` ! # ^ ( ) - _ = + [ ] { } | ; < > should be safe. unless I"m forgetting something.