Socks 5

[bwana]

ok - first day with Ubuntu (6.06) - or any linux distro for that matter so I apologise in advance.

Qn - How do I use a socks5? I've looked under Network Proxy's and have successfully entered a http proxy but there's no place for a username/pwd for socks.

Thanks

 

[Tazz_Tux]

What program do you want to use via socks ?

ok - first day with Ubuntu (6.06) - or any linux distro for that matter so I apologise in advance.

Qn - How do I use a socks5? I've looked under Network Proxy's and have successfully entered a http proxy but there's no place for a username/pwd for socks.

Thanks

 

[bwana]

What program do you want to use via socks ?

Pretty much everything I can, including whatever handles the system updates.

 

[Tazz_Tux]

Most Linux apps will check the env. vars for this info.

You can export the info as follow:

export http_proxy="iport"
or
export http_proxy="http://iport"

the remainder of the apps - look at a thing called tsocks.

Laterz !

Pretty much everything I can, including whatever handles the system updates.

 

[bwana]

Most Linux apps will check the env. vars for this info.

You can export the info as follow:

export http_proxy="iport"
or
export http_proxy="http://iport"

the remainder of the apps - look at a thing called tsocks.

Laterz !

Awesome - thanks