Proper web proxy syntax?

[thuff]

I am attempting to configure WOU and I am getting error related to my network login for the proxy.

For example:

At the HTTP Proxy setting pop-up after clicking on the Proxy... button, I enter in:

http://mydomain\firstname lastname:@servername:port

Please note that my company uses a space between the first and last names for the network login (yea.) I have tried http://mydomain\first%20last:@servername:port with no luck. I tried many other variations including quotes.

What is the correct syntax for the HTTP Proxy setting when the network login has a space between first and last names?

Thanks!

[WSUSUpdateAdmin]

Hi and welcome, thuff,

please refer to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding, for example.

Regards
Torsten Wittrock

[aker]

The normal syntax for proxy addresses is
http://User:password@server:Port/

For example
Http://aker:ThisIsMyPassword@192.168.178.1:8080/

[thuff]

Thanks. I wil try the suggested fix.

[harry]

I read the percent encoding page and integrated the proper changes with no improvement. (Thanks for the reference)

Here is what I have tried for the HTTP Proxy setting with the requirement that there is a space between the first and last names for my network login:

http://firstname lastname@proxyservername:port
http://firstname lastname@proxyIPaddress:port

http://firstname%20lastname@proxyservername:port
http://firstname%20lastname@proxyIPaddress:port

(At this point I only used the proxy name and a %20 for the space.)

http://"firstname%20lastname"@proxyservername:port
http://domain\firstname%20lastname@proxyservername:port
http://"domain\firstname%20lastname"@proxyservername:port"

I also have a superuser account that (normally) does not have access to the internet. I added that account to a AD group to give it web access since it does not have a space. I used every version listed above without success.

What am I missing???

[Markus]

Try using a blank password string like this
http://firstname%20lastname:@proxyservername:port
or

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http://firstname%20lastname:""@proxyservername:port