If you need to use proxy server to access http/https from a linux machine in the office LAN, set the environment variable http_proxy. This will allow wget and python's urllib modules and other applications (yum, apt-get etc) to use this environment variable and access http/https using the settings assigned to the variable http_proxy.
The below would be the ideal way of assigning values for http_proxy variable.
$export http_proxy="http://<proxy-server-ip>:<port>"
I have added this to my ~/.bashrc so that I don't have to export this variable every time I reboot my machine !
And then there is the "ftp_proxy" .....
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And if my proxy server has user and password authentication ?
for passing the credentials use the following:-
#export HTTP_PROXY=http://username:password@host:port
Cristian, Trishito got the answer for you!
Thanks Trishito!
what if the password contains special characters, like an '@'??
if you have a special character, such as '@', you would escape it with the escape character '\'. i.e. user:p\@ssword@host:port
unfortunately, escaping doesnt work in case of apt.
this was a bug logged against this (#500560) in debian bug repository. i have fixed it and have uploaded the patches.
alternatively, they are also available at my blog - http://pyarabola.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/setting-up-debian-apt-behind-proxy-server/
You can set other env. vars. :
set HTTP_PROXY_USER=username
set HTTP_PROXY_PASS=password
to solve that.
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