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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:55:15 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:55:15 +0000
commit10bb1f5f242d8a475b0c4395d71214353355f304 (patch)
treecbd3418350dc5fc736ed4a01e6b4e7e139da661a /doc/apt.conf.5.yo
parenta146c9273ae8e19b0fb8f74580a51c5b0a391ade (diff)
More touch ups
Author: jgg Date: 1999-11-28 01:03:28 GMT More touch ups
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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
index 212ac05ec..c9a116d45 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ outstanding requests APT should send.
dit(bf(ftp))
FTP URis; ftp::Proxy is the default proxy server to use. It is in the
-standard form of em(http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/) and is overriden
+standard form of em(ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/) and is overriden
by the ftp_proxy environment variable. To use a ftp proxy you will have to
set the ftp::ProxyLogin script in the configuration file. This entry
specifies the commands to send to tell the proxy server what to connect
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ situations require that passive mode be disabled and port mode ftp used
instead. This can be done globally, for connections that go through a proxy
or for a specific host (See the sample config file for examples)
+It is possible to proxy FTP over HTTP by setting the em(ftp_proxy)
+environment variable to a http url - see the discussion of the http method
+above for syntax. You cannot set this in the configuration file and it is
+not recommended to use FTP over HTTP due to its low efficiency.
+
dit(bf(cdrom))
CDROM URIs; the only setting for CDROM URIs is the mount point, cdrom::Mount
which must be the mount point for the CDROM drive as specified in /etc/fstab.