Connecting Mandrake 8.0 to MS Proxy Server 2.0

[nfinete]

I am currently trying to install Mandrake 8.0 on to my machine at home. My internet connection is provided by roadrunner. I have it set up so that Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0 is providing internet service to all the computers in the house. My question is, can linux use the internet connection provided by MS Proxy server? If it can, how do you set it up? I know in windows you have to install the ms proxy server client software on your computer to use the internet, but on linux I won't be able to do this. Any help would be appreciated! :confused:

[tolstoy]

Are you using Netscape to connect to the web? You should just be able set it up to point to the port and ip of your proxy. I think it is something like port 8080 by default. Poke around in netscape settings and you will find a place to stick the ip and port of the proxt you wish to use. As far as I know, MS Proxy should be able to support Unix (Linux) clients. As for windows, I didn't think you needed to download anything for http access, only if you needed to use the proxy as a SOCKS or WINSOCK proxy--unless you are you referring to the locallat and all that junk. I've used MS Proxy 2.0 once and have since erased it from my brain, so i could be way off on all this. Hope I offered some help.

[ 14 May 2001: Message edited by: tolstoy ]

[nfinete]

Setting the netscape proxy settings didn't work. It still won't see the connection. Does anyone know if it is even possible to connect linux to a ms-proxy server?!? thanks!

[tolstoy]

I've been browsing Google and M$ for the answer to this one and have come up with very little, though I did find out that yours seems to be a common problem (go figure, Linux won;t work with an M$ product!). Anyway, I found this thread in my search, it may or may not be the answer, but its worth looking into:

Hi,
The fast answer to your question is yes, Netscape running on a Linux box
will work with MS Proxy. Just make sure you have your proxy port numbers
set correctly (MS Proxy defaults to 8080)..

****Possible Problem******

It is possible (one mouse click) to set up MS proxy such that each client
is required to be logged on to an NT Domain in order to have access to any
MS proxy services. MS Proxy identifys client workstations by source IP
address and the resolved NetBIOS name.

In summary, if the MS Proxy box you are dealing with is set up requiring
domain authentication you need to make your Linux box a member of the
relevant domain. To do this you need to install SAMBA 2.0 or later.

I hope this helps some.

[nfinete]

Okay I got netscape to the point where it sees the proxy server, but then it like looks like its trying to connect but doesn't. The K browser gives me a message that says it does not support that type of authorization. Anyone have any suggestions. Thanks for the help thus far.

[tolstoy]

Originally posted by nfinete:
<STRONG>The K browser gives me a message that says it does not support that type of authorization.</STRONG>

Does your proxy require any sort of authentication? Have you poked around the proxy log files to see what it tells you about the connection attempts? I have the sneaking suspicion that your problem is permission/authentication based.

Also, do you have a SOCKS proxy set up on it? I only ask because I pulled this from M$ technet:

Socks is a cross-platform mechanism that establishes secure communications between client and server computers. The Socks Proxy Service supports Socks version 4.3a and allows network users transparent access to the Internet by means of a Proxy Server. The Socks Proxy Service extends the redirection provided by the WinSock Proxy service to non-Windows platforms. It uses Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and can be used for TELNET, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Gopher, and Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). The Socks Proxy Service does not support applications that rely on the User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

I know you can use M$ Proxy for client connections from Unix machines to the internet and to allow remote connection to local Unix servers. The technet examples used Solaris. But I'm going to assume they apply to Linux too.

You should not need a SOCKS proxy though as the M$ sight claims that Proxy 2.0 will support any CERN compliant browser on any platform that runs TCP/IP.

[ 16 May 2001: Message edited by: tolstoy ]

[tolstoy]

I found this on a Google search:

Hi,


** i have a problem to go to internet from my suse linux 6.4 comp.
** we have a intranet in company MS backoffice , i have problem to go
** thruu MS proxy 2.0 to the internet
** windows comp needs a win ms proxy client , what about linux ????
** how to run http, ftp, news, icq, on liinux machine via ms proxy
** 2.O, which is run on our company web server


Best Way:-


You need to install a socks 5 client on your SuSE 6.4 system and set
your default route to your local system. You'll have to find a
socks5 client somewhere as I gave up on this in the end and replaced
my NT box at home with a SuSE one :-)


Annoying Way:-


An alternative (which will get you www access) is to add a local user
to the NT proxy and allow the user to log in locally on the NT using
the User Manager for domains. Then set Netscape up so that the NT
server is it's proxy (on port 80 or 1080). It'll ask you for a login
-- just type your NT username and password in and you're on the www!