Jon Turney, on Friday, March 6, 2020 01:55 PM, wrote... > Cc: Jose Isaias Cabrera <jic...@outlook.com> > > On 06/03/2020 17:00, Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote: > > When I run setup, I get a prompt to enter my proxy credentials, which > > is pretty handy. I have other tools that just uses the IE or Firefox > > proxy entries, but now, I am trying to figure out how cygwin setup > > creates that credential prompt to see if I am able to use it with > > another tool. Anyway has any idea? Thanks. > > I think that dialog is presented when setup gets a > 'HTTP 407 Proxy Authentication Required' response. Yeah, that is what I am getting now on another application. But, unlike the wonderful cygwin setup application, it lacks the wisdom to popup a credential form.
> I think if you are using the 'Use System Proxy Settings' setting in > setup, and the system has the proxy credentials, you shouldn't need to > provide the credentials. May be so, but, I am sure that in here, the use system settings is turned off and blocked. Thanks for the quick response. josé -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
