Sankar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to access a site through ftp. I've run the following
> commands;
>
> export ftp_proxy=http://:8080
> export http_proxy=http://:8080

Different programs use different environment variables for proxy setups. Can
you try:


export ftp_proxy=http://:8080
export http_proxy=http://:8080
export FTP_PROXY=http://:8080
export HTTP_PROXY=http://:8080

> But still when I try to access the ftp site through the command ftp
> it waits indefinitely.
>
> Even commands like 'curl www.google.com' or 'wget www.google.com' are
> also not going through.
>
> I am using RHEL 4 linux machine. The proxy server is a windows box. Is
> there any other setting I need to check?
>
> Thanks,
> Sankar

Does this proxy work for anything else?