Although I am behind a firewall and must use a proxy server, it could be that my problem is a miss configured /etc/apt/apt.conf. Therefor I would like to get from someone who is using apt ftp method his /etc/apt/apt.conf even if he is not behind a firewall.
My situation is that I am behind a firewall and must use a proxy server. I can reach the desired ftp site with a browser or with the socks lib: [22:17:02 /tmp]$ rftp ftp.linux.org.il Connected to ftp.linux.org.il. 220 ProFTPD 1.2.0pre10 Server (IGLU's FTP server) [iglu.inter.net.il] Name (ftp.linux.org.il:shaul): anonymous 331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. Password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 230-Welcome to IGLU's FTP site! Since we can't decide about the "right" order to put things in the tree, things may move around in the near future, and we'll put a propper tree here. 230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> quit 221 Goodbye. [22:38:31 /tmp]$ Yet I can not get there with apt. I am aware to/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/conf igure-index.gz but it did not help me. Therefor I would like advise on how to set my /etc/apt/apt.conf. An example file might help as well. Thank you. -- Shaul Karl [EMAIL PROTECTED] An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.