[TriLUG] /etc/enviornment and proxy servers

[John Broome]

Nathan Conrad wrote:
> The /etc/environment is a valid place to put the proxy configuration
> since bash automatically runs it when it opens up. What you may have
> done is forget to put "export" at the beginning of the line where you
> set the proxy. Export tells bash to pass the variable to other
> programs, such as apt-get. Without it, the variable can only be used
> by the shell itself.


I know nothing of proxies and little of the apt-goodness.. I wonder if 
he can tunnel apt through ssh. :)