John R Pierce wrote: > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Hi this is the issue but there is a solution other than avoiding these characters URL Escaping See http://www.december.com/html/spec/esccodes.html So my example becomes export http_proxy=http://<user>:%5C%2Falid at proxy.example.com:80 which works. Thanks to all who assisted with this :)