[afnog] installing observium

[Hervey Allen]

On 12/23/11 7:06 AM, ibtisam jamal wrote:
> Hi ,
> 
> I had already tried from  the below links but i still get the same error .
> 
> export HTTP_PROXY=http://mydomain\user.surname:password.@proxyip:80
> 
> I also added the proxy settings to the files mentioned.
> could the dot in the password be an issue or the user.surname.
> 
> Any other ....way of doing it
> 

Try using a "\" in front of the "." in the user name.

Cheers,
	- Hervey

> Regards,
> Ibtisam
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Hervey Allen <hervey at nsrc.org
> <mailto:hervey at nsrc.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On 12/22/11 6:46 AM, ibtisam jamal wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > I am new to Unix.
>     >
>     > I am trying to get observium installed following ;
>     > http://www.observium.org/wiki/Ubuntu_SVN_Installation
>     >
>     > but i keep getting ;
>     > Err http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main mysql-common
>     > 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.10
>     >   407  Proxy Access Denied
>     >
>     > I am browsing with the same PC.
>     >
> 
>     Looks like your site is using a web proxy that requires authentication.
>     You've probably set up your web browser to do this already.
> 
>     You need to tell apt-get how to do this as well.
> 
>     Try following the suggestions here to set up apt to use your local
>     proxy:
> 
>     http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1575&page=2
>     <http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1575&page=2>
> 
>     There are a few other potential work-arounds listed here as well:
> 
>     http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=827539
> 
>     In short, you should be able to edit the file:
> 
>     /etc/apt/apt.conf
> 
>     and add the proper proxy settings for your site in this file.
> 
>     Cheers,
>            - Hervey Allen
> 
> 
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