Proxy authentication on console

[John Summerfied]

Deboo ^ wrote:
> How to use proxy authentication with lynx/links/elinks? I have googled a lot
> about this but couldn't find a eral solution. Putting "export HTTP_PROXY=
> user:password at proxy:port in.bashrc doesn't seem to work. I get an access
> denied page. Is there no solution to this? Do we need to use X apps only to
> use a proxy?

RTFM
man lynx
=ID:PASSWD
set authorization ID and password for a protected proxy server at 
startup.  Be sure to protect any script files which use this switch.


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