Proxy authentication on console

[Deboo ^]

On 2/27/06, John Summerfied <debian at herakles.homelinux.org> wrote:
>
> Deboo ^ wrote:
> > How to use proxy authentication with lynx/links/elinks? I have googled a
> lot
> > about this but couldn't find a eral solution. Putting "export
> HTTP_PROXY=
> > user:password at proxy:port in.bashrc doesn't seem to work. I get an access
> > denied page. Is there no solution to this? Do we need to use X apps only
> to
> > use a proxy?
>
> RTFM
> man lynx
> =ID:PASSWD
> set authorization ID and password for a protected proxy server at
> startup.  Be sure to protect any script files which use this switch.
>
>
> --
>
> Cheers
> John
>

I used the -p auth=ID:PASSWORD (replacing the words with my real proxy
username/pass) but still lynx says "Making connection to google.com or
whatever site I try for. What could be the problem?

Regards,
Deboo

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