On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Antonio Olinto wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I used to connect internet via a proxy. Before update packages I wrote in R
>
> Sys.putenv("http_proxy"="http://proxy3.redegov.sp.gov.br:80/";)
>
> Nevertheless the way the connection is done has changed. For example, in the
> browser the proxy is not indicated and I have to give an username and a
> password to have access to internet.
This is nothing to do with a browser: see below.
> I read the FAQ and the help for download.file but I was not able to do
> updates.
>
> I tried
> Sys.putenv("http_proxy_user"="ask")
> Sys.putenv("http_proxy_user"="http://****:****";)
It does say
Setting Proxies:
This applies to the internal code only.
...
These environment variables must be set before the download code
is first used: they cannot be altered later by calling
'Sys.setenv'.
You can debug the download.file() session via option() 'internet.info',
which should show you what is happening.
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