Re: how to set default proxy?

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Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Eugeneapolinary Ju schrieb:
>> hi
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>> I know that I could use ssh tunneling:
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>> ssh -fND localhost:6000 SOMEBODY@xxxxxxxxxxxx -p PORTNUMBER
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>> to surf the web through another machines internet connection -> I just need to set Firefox to use proxy 6000.
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>> But:
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>> How can I set that on the client side, to e.g.: ping through the
>> machine with openssh-server? Not just setting Firefox to use port 6000.
>> Is there any method for setting the default proxy in Linux, so that if
>> I use wget, I will download through the ssh tunnel?
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>> Thank you
> 
> You can set the proxy parameters within /etc/wgetrc for wget. Or in
> /etc/lftp.conf for lftp.
> 
> Generally the system variable is http_proxy and ftp_proxy. Either set
> them globally for all system users i.e. in a file like
> /etc/profile.d/proxy.{csh,sh} or just for your own environment in your
> shell's profile.
> 
> export http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy_address:port
> export ftp_proxy=ftp://username:password@proxy_address:port
> 
> username and password are optional and depending from your proxy policy
> and settings.

Those settings are for http/ftp proxies (like squid) and are understood 
internally by most things that do http or ftp.  However, the command above sets 
up ssh as a socks proxy, and there is not a generic way to tell things to use 
socks proxy in the environment.  You either need to configure apps individually 
to use a socks proxy or use something like runsocks that pushes a socks-aware 
shared library in front of each app.

If there is a squid or similar proxy on the other end of the ssh connection you 
could use port-forwarding to it, then export the environment variable settings 
pointing to your locally-forwarded port.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
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