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delta24, still no luck. I did pass it as a string and to confirm, I did "echo $http_proxy" and "echo $ftp_proxy". The strings do appear correct; password, domain, proxy and port.

Tensigh
– Tensigh

2014-05-12 06:38:12 +00:00
Commented May 12, 2014 at 6:38
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then I think your VM network config is not set up correctly. Use NAT if you're running VirtualBox.

delta24
– delta24

2014-05-12 06:40:23 +00:00
Commented May 12, 2014 at 6:40
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Dude, that was it. Thank you, you just saved me hours of work. In case anyone else tries this from the command line, special characters in passwords can be escaped using \ such as \@ if @ appears in your password.

Tensigh
– Tensigh

2014-05-12 06:49:51 +00:00
Commented May 12, 2014 at 6:49

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