Re: Connecting to internet

[Mike Miller]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 07:46:10 +0000, Jadran wrote:
> Mike Miller <mtmiller <at> ieee.org> writes:
> 
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 11:46:18 +0000, Jadran Jurković wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have problem to connecting to Internet.
>>> I must  connect through proxy and I tried with this settings, but it 
> doesn't work:
>>>
>>> putenv ('http_proxy', '123.12.123.1');
>>> putenv ('http_port', '8080');
>>
>> Where did you see an example for these variable names and syntax to
>> configure a proxy?
>>
>>> [a status]=urlread(adr,'get',{'Username','user','Password','pass'})  or 
> [a status]=urlread(adr)
>>>
>>> (number of proxy is an example)
>>>
>>> Octave version is 3.6.4 on Windows server.
>>>
>>> Could someone help me?
>>
>> Does this previous thread answer your question?
>>
>>   http://octave.1599824.n4.nabble.com/problem-with-curl-installation-
> td4656082.html#a4656246
>>
> Yes, this previous thread was written by my colleague.
> Now, I should fix it because it doesn't work.
> I talked with my administrator and what should be set is:
> http proxy, http port, user and pass.
> 
> Proxy and port I setted with putenv:
> putenv ('http_proxy', '123.12.123.1');
> putenv('http_port', '8080');
> and it still doesn't work...
> 
> You wrote in that thread: "This is a fairly standard variable 
> that many libraries and programs understand, including curl [1,2]. So 
> in Octave, something like this: 
>   octave:1> putenv ("http_proxy", "http://proxy.example.com:3128/";); "

A little searching should show that this standard variable also supports
username and password, if that's what is required for you.

Did you try

  putenv ("http_proxy", "http://user:address@hidden:8080";);

yet?

HTH,

-- 
mike