can apt/aptitude use a non-anonymous mirror?

Hi debianners, Can apt/aptitude use a ftp mirror that requires username and password? I got some space on a ftp but the admin says I got to use the username and password use the space. I planned to put some pkg archives on it but not sure how to make apt/aptitude it. If I put the the line like

Re: can apt/aptitude use a non-anonymous mirror?

phyrster wrote: Hi debianners, Can apt/aptitude use a ftp mirror that requires username and password? I got some space on a ftp but the admin says I got to use the username and password use the space. I planned to put some pkg archives on it but not sure how to make apt/aptitude it.

Re: can apt/aptitude use a non-anonymous mirror?

On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 11:20:52PM +0800, phyrster wrote: If I put the the line like this, will it work? (I don't have the server ready now): deb ftp://linux:[EMAIL PROTECTED] archives According to apt.conf(5), that is the correct syntax. Although you may want a trailing slash for style