[Solved] - sudo - proxy server settings

theta · 2010-04-01 10:27:41

I use a proxy server to connect to the internet. I can export the http_proxy variable to access net via the shell. But using sudo before any command doesn't work with these settings.

wget http://link/

works, but

sudo wget  http://link/

doesn't.

I require sudo to be used with pacman to upgrade my system.

Last edited by theta (2010-04-01 18:43:39)

austin.rbn · 2010-04-01 10:46:12

If you only need the proxy variable for wget, you can change that in /etc/wgetrc

I'm not behind a proxy now, so I can't test this, but... does "sudo export" make it work as you would like? Keep in mind that exporting the proxy variable is local to the particular terminal instance.

loafer · 2010-04-01 10:59:49

Why do you want to download stuff as root?

theta · 2010-04-01 15:57:39

austin.rbn wrote:

If you only need the proxy variable for wget, you can change that in /etc/wgetrc
I'm not behind a proxy now, so I can't test this, but... does "sudo export" make it work as you would like? Keep in mind that exporting the proxy variable is local to the particular terminal instance.

[theta@boolean-pc ~]$ sudo export http_proxy="http://user:pass@proxy.iist.ac.in:80/"
Password: 
sudo: export: command not found
[theta@boolean-pc ~]$

So this can't be done. Thanks anyway for the suggestion.

fumbles · 2010-04-01 16:29:51

sudo resets your environment variables whenever you run it. To disable this feature you can add:

Defaults !env_reset

to your sudoers file.

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[Solved] - sudo - proxy server settings

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