Configure the proxy authentication for SysVInit systems

Navigate to the directory and open the file.

cd /etc/init.d/mfetpd

Define the environment variable in the mfetpd configuration file.

<environment variable>=<user's proxy settings>

export <environment variable>

For example:

http_proxy="http://username:usernamepassword@sampleproxy.url:5678"
export http_proxy

Restart the mfetpd service.

service mfetpd restart