How can I update the ports through the firewall?

[Sina]

Hello all,

I have a proxy server behind a firewall. I do not have any control over the firewall, so I like to know, how I can update the ports through the firewall.

I can issue the command cvsup -g -L 2 /locationWherePortcvsupfile is located.

Now how can set the cvs to go through the firewall.

Meaning specifing the address of the firewall and the port.

Thanks everyone.

 

[axvpaa]

hth,
man cvsup

http://www.freebsddiary.org/current.php

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html

alex
p.s. -P option with cvsup is the one that might solve your problems.

 

[Sina]

Thanks for the reply.

I tried what you mentioned

cvsup -P - stable-supfile

I get a window.

Should I type anything in the filter field?

Where do I specify the firewall ip address or the proxy server Ip address?

Thanks very much

 

[axvpaa]

howdy,
afaik, there's no need for the proxy server or any ip address. why? well, if your box goes online ( and it's behind fw) no need to setup nothing else. -P means to make it passive ( stay on port 21/20) and most of the fw's will aloud that. i'll use -P - (- means select passive mode).
no need to change something in the in the filter . just hit the green ( play, go, arrow) button and see what's happening.
$0.02
alex