[sllug-members]: Proxy Configuration with CPAN

[Jackman]

I've been determined to get Perl+DBI going since it was suggested to
me.  Because of the security that is placed on the company network, I
am restricted to using the work computer instead of being able to use
my laptop.  (When I get these scripts runnning, I can request another
network hookup, but not until then)  As a natural result, I am
required to use Cygwin.  I got CPAN to install and I just wanted to
install the DBI module (perl -CPAN -e 'install DBI' when it casually
informed me of the following:

Connecting to [ProxyIP]:8080... connected.
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 407 Proxy Authentication
Required ( The ISA Server requires authorization to fulfill the
request. Access to the Web Proxy filter is denied.  )
17:22:56 ERROR 407: Proxy Authentication Required ( The ISA Server
requires authorization to fulfill the request. Access to the Web Proxy
filter is denied.  ).

CPAN is configured to be used with my proxy user name and password,
but it does not appear to be authenticating itself.  This response is
given with each attempt that CPAN makes to download (via ftp, wget,
lynx, etc.).

If I am not mistaken, isn't there a global proxy configuration file in
most linux distrobutions?  I don't deal with it much, so I'm not sure
where it is or what I'm looking for.  I would imagine that this would
be the best solution in favor of trying to configure CPAN itself.
Thanks for the help!

Andrew Jackman.