gems and http proxy authentication

[Eduardo Fernandez Corrales]

Hello,

I am trying to use gems behind a proxy (squid) that requires
user/password for internet access

I have set the http_proxy environment variable like this:

http_proxy=http://login:password@proxy-hostname:8080

But gems gives the following error:

C:\rubygems-0.8.1>gem query --remote

*** REMOTE GEMS ***
Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
ERROR: While executing gem ... (OpenURI::HTTPError)
407 Proxy Authentication Required

I have checked the docs, but have not found any parameter or option in
the config file that can solve this.

Am I overlooking something?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Chad Fowler]

Hello,

I am trying to use gems behind a proxy (squid) that requires
user/password for internet access

I have set the http_proxy environment variable like this:

http_proxy=http://login:password@proxy-hostname:8080

But gems gives the following error:

C:\rubygems-0.8.1>gem query --remote

*** REMOTE GEMS ***
Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
ERROR: While executing gem ... (OpenURI::HTTPError)
407 Proxy Authentication Required

I have checked the docs, but have not found any parameter or option in
the config file that can solve this.

Am I overlooking something?

Thanks in advance.

Eduardo, I'm guessing you're the first person to try running gems
behind a proxy that requires authentication. Unfortunately, I don't
have one to even test with. The core of the question is: how do you
make open-uri work with a proxy that requires authentication? I don't
know the answer to that question, but finding the answer will help us
solve this problem for you. I'll try to do some research on my own
and come up with something.

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