proxy configuration is confusing
Bug #43747 reported by
E-B
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| Ubuntu |
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Bug Description
If a user make proxy settings in System-
If you make proxy preferences, apt-get tell you that there a NO updates. This is securtiy issue I think..
This should be correct, I think writing a warning that it is not system wide would be enough.
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| Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in gnome-control-center: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Needs Info |
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| E-B (ebelt9hf) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in gnome-control-center: | |
| status: | Needs Info → Rejected |
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| E-B (ebelt9hf) wrote | #3 |
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Do you run dapper? And use gnome-terminal? The gnome-terminal in dapper will automatically set the http_proxy environment. Apt-get uses this environment to get the proxy configuration. If you use a different terminal or no X at all, you have to configure it by different means (e.g. setting http_proxy by hand). There is little we can do about this because apt-get runs as the root user and it cant connect to the calling users gconf settings.
Cheers,
Michael