[ainstushar]

i go thru a proxy server, it needs authentication - uname and passwd. i edited the /etc/wgetrc with vim and added this

http_proxy=myproxy:myport
proxy_user=myuname
proxy_passwd=mypasswd

but when i start wget and enter url: 407 proxy authentication required.

Any suggestions?
THX

[philg]

Do you not need to set a proxy for ftp aswell?

[void]

In /etc/apt/apt.conf I have this for a proxy server, I haven't changed /etc/wgetrc at all, everything works fine. Replace with your proxy details.

ACQUIRE {
http::proxy "http://[username]:[password]@[server]:[port]/"
}

[philg]

Thats debian specific and will only work for debian or distros derived from debian

[void]

@philg: Sorry, but he didn't specify his distro, so it was worth a shot.

[philg]

No need to apologise, your right he didn't specify he his distribution so it is a valid point, I just thought it needed a bit of clarification thats all

[ainstushar]

sorry guys, my fault, i have arch linux.