[TriLUG] /etc/enviornment and proxy servers

[Greg Brown]

Nope, I can't ssh out without going through a ssh proxy (and it's a
clever one and it seems to be able to kill forwarded ports).

As for the export, I can type "env | grep proxy" and I see the
variable $http_proxy set with the correct URL, username, and password.
  But it still doesn't work.  When I try I get:

Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 407 Proxy Authentication Required
13:59:43 ERROR 407: Proxy Authentication Required.

http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy.xxxxx.com:8080/xxproxy/

Any other ideas?


On 5/20/05, John Broome <jbroome at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. :)
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