Authenticated proxy in Windows command prompt

Question

My Internet access is delivered through an authenticated proxy. This is setup correctly in the "Internet Options" control panel applet and all browsing/GUI apps work fine.

For cmd, proxy settings are typically set by exporting http_proxy. The applications I'm trying to use are git and Putty's pscp.exe. I've tried the following syntax to no avail:

 set http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver.com:port/

I've also experimented with Netsh.exe and ProxyCfg.exe with no luck.

How does one configure an authenticated proxy in the Windows command prompt?

Answer 1

It completely depends on the program you are trying to use - in this case, pscp. (cmd itself does not have any proxy settings - it doesn't make any connections, only executes commands.)

pscp is part of PuTTY, so it uses the same settings, which you can configure in PuTTY's GUI:

• Start PuTTY.
• In the configuration window, click Connection → Proxy, pick HTTP, configure the rest.
• Go back to Session, select Default Settings, and click Save.
• pscp should now use the proxy.

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I don't know what protocol are you trying to use with Git -- if it's SSH, using user@host:path or ssh://, then it depends on the value of %GIT_SSH%. If it is set to plink, the above procedure applies.

For http://, Git should honor %http_proxy%. For git://, you'll likely have to play with %GIT_PROXY_COMMAND%.