update-firefox proxy authorization

[rych]

3.2.2 62 XFCE
I have proxy environment variables set up in bash, with authorization, but update-firefox picks up only the name of the proxy server. Ok, then I supply the name and a password:

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root@porteus:~# update-firefox -pauth=name:passw
Checking internet ...
Downloading: update-firefox-live  DONE

 Getting latest firefox version ... 
HTTP: Proxy authorization required.
       Use the -pauth=id:pw parameter.

So, when it says "Use the -pauth=id:pw parameter." how do I actually do it?

[jssouza]

Hi rych,

This error message is not coming from the update scripts, but from "lynx" which the update script internally calls. Try the following and check if it helps:
As root, run:

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update-firefox 

Wait till the script exits with the same failure.
Now, open /usr/local/bin/update-firefox-live with a text editor and add the " -pauth=id:pw" option with your userid and password, to both the places in the script where "lynx" is called.

You might also have to add your proxy server information to the "wget" command in /usr/share/porteus/porteus-functions file (also called by the update script).

[rych]

I've ended up using a wrapper script `lynx` which reads the credentials off the environment proxy variable and feeds them to the actual lynx: https://unix.stackexchange.com/question ... horization