[plug] Re: slightly off-topic: wget under cygwin

[David Buddrige]

thanks, I'll give it a go and let u all know how it goes. 8-) 

regards 

David.
Michael Hunt writes: 

> On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 11:27, David Buddrige wrote: 
> 
>> Hi all,  
>> 
>> I have installed cygwin on my windows 2000 box to make it slightly more 
>> bearable.  Anyway, I am trying to use wget under this program.  Here is the 
>> command line I am using:  
>> 
>> 
>> $ wget -e http_proxy="http://perproxy:80" --proxy=on --proxy-user=myusername 
>>  --proxy-passwd=mypassword --no-parent --mirror http://somewebsite 
>> 
>> And here is the results:  
>> 
>> 
>>  --11:25:10--  http://somewebsite
>>           => `somewebsite/index.html'
>> Resolving perproxy... done.
>> Connecting to perproxy[128.129.233.25]:80... connected.
>> Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 407 Proxy authentication required
>> 11:25:11 ERROR 407: Proxy authentication required.  
>> 
>> 
>> FINISHED --11:25:11--
>> Downloaded: 0 bytes in 0 files  
>> 
>> BuddrigeD at PER00189 /cygdrive/d/downloads
>> $  
>> 
>> Does anyone know what the problem is and how to resolve it?  
>> 
>> thanks  
>> 
>> David. 
> 
> Do you know what software the proxy server is running ??? If it is an MS
> Proxy then the problem is most likely due to the encryption algorithm
> used by it. If it is a squid proxy then what you have done should work. 
> 
> For the MS Proxy authentication problem a solution can be found here: 
> 
> http://apserver.sourceforge.net/ 
> 
> which I have used in the past. 
> 
> Hope some of this helps. 
> 
> Michael Hunt 
> 
>