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Authentication proxy on 12.04 LTS

Asked by BARBE DAVID

Hello,
I try Ubuntu 12.04 and i observe that the tab authentication of the proxy isn't available on unity proxy configuration (present in synaptics).
I can create apt.conf but everybody can read my password
Have you a solution to this problem or the tab authentication will be restaured?
Thanks

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Balucio (bsaul) said : 		#1

I also have this problems, and then some online accounts not work behind proxy.

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BARBE DAVID (d-barbe) said : 		#2

you can tape Acquire::Proxy "http://user:password@IP_du_Proxy:Port_du_Proxy/"; in apt.conf under /etc/apt
Interminal you can tape apt-get install synaptics
And can use the proxy configuration of synaptics and suppress apt.conf under /etc/apt

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Balucio (bsaul) said : 		#3

I think that setting proxy in apt config, work only for apt and related (like synaptic).

I also tried to set some proxy env var in .bash rc like

export $use_proxy='on'
export http_proxy=http://user:pass@proxy:port/
export https_proxy=http://user:pass@proxy:port/
export ftp_proxy=http://user:pass@proxy:port/

This work with some programs, when they are configured to automatically detect proxy settings (like thunderbird or firefox) but not work with online account. Moreover, previous systems have the disadvantage of storing passwords in the clear text.

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