Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-07-01 Thread Louis
> Louis> http_proxy //152.76.224.188:3128 > > This looks wrong -- should be http://152.76.224.188:3128 Peter> I fixed it, checked the settings again and tried with cpan>install Bundle::libnet , and I still get the same error message from CPAN as before when trying to fetch the ftp url. > > > I

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Kevin Saenz
Does the windows manager from Sun count ;-) (it looks a little OSX to me) I hope queries on Solaris is ok on the list. Not until they GPL Solaris! But anyway, this is a perl/wget/proxy question anyway Perhaps your proxy requires authentication? Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mai

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Peter Chubb
> "Louis" == Louis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 12:39:05PM +1000, Louis wrote: Louis> http_proxy //152.76.224.188:3128 This looks wrong -- should be http://152.76.224.188:3128 I suggest you set this in a set of environment variables and try from the command li

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Louis
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 12:39:05PM +1000, Louis wrote: >> [Louis] I have tried what you said and it still won't work. I paste >> below >> what I did based on what you said. Please help. > > Does wget work from the commandline now with your http_proxy and ftp_proxy > environment variables set? Ca

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Louis
Hi Darren: No luck is on my side. I cannot find a wgetrc or .wgetrc anywhere. Anyway I tried passive switch and he it is: + bash-2.03$ wget --passive-ftp ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz --13:22:15-- ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/modules/03modlist.data.gz => `03

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Gavin Carr
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 12:39:05PM +1000, Louis wrote: > [Louis] I have tried what you said and it still won't work. I paste below > what I did based on what you said. Please help. Does wget work from the commandline now with your http_proxy and ftp_proxy environment variables set? Can you wget

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Darren Williams
Hi Louis I have had troubles with wget and firewalls, from /etc/wgetrc file: # Many sites are behind firewalls that do not allow initiation of # connections from the outside. On these sites you have to use the # `passive' feature of FTP. If you are behind such a firewall, you # can turn this on

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Louis
Hi Dean: > just because you get http doesnt mean you get ftp > > so > > check that your running ftp through your http proxy Not sure how to check this. > also check that your proxy allows you to get to ftp stuff >From the browser I can do this ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/modules/03modlist.

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Louis
Hi Gavin: > On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:40:13AM +1000, Louis wrote: >> Note: To connect to http, ftp I use a proxy server. I specified it here >> with format :port number . Anyway please have a look, and let >> me know why I cannot connect at all. >> >> I've also tried wget for ftp, http to get fil

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Dean Hamstead
just because you get http doesnt mean you get ftp so check that your running ftp through your http proxy also check that your proxy allows you to get to ftp stuff maybe you need to set passive ftp *shrug* Dean Louis wrote: On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:40:13AM +1000, Louis wrote: I hope queries on

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Louis
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:40:13AM +1000, Louis wrote: >> I hope queries on Solaris is ok on the list. > > Not until they GPL Solaris! But anyway, this is a perl/wget/proxy > question anyway > > Perhaps your proxy requires authentication? Well on the Sun box, within Netscape when I enter manua

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Gavin Carr
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:40:13AM +1000, Louis wrote: > Note: To connect to http, ftp I use a proxy server. I specified it here > with format :port number . Anyway please have a look, and let > me know why I cannot connect at all. > > I've also tried wget for ftp, http to get files from the same

Re: [SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread mlh
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:40:13AM +1000, Louis wrote: > I hope queries on Solaris is ok on the list. Not until they GPL Solaris! But anyway, this is a perl/wget/proxy question anyway Perhaps your proxy requires authentication? Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://sl

[SLUG] Help Configuring CPAN and wget Issue on Solaris !

2004-06-29 Thread Louis
Hi Sluggers: I hope queries on Solaris is ok on the list. I am trying to setup CPAN on a Sun Sparc Solaris version 8. I am getting problems connecting to download any files after I specify the configurations. Here is the CPAN dump. Note: To connect to http, ftp I use a proxy server. I specified i