- Create a new file using nano as follows (if there is already some content in the file, you can add the code at the end):
sudo nano -c ~/.bash_profile
- To allow basic web browsing through programs such as Midori while using a proxy server, you can use the following script:
function proxyenable {
# Define proxy settings
PROXY_ADDR="proxy.address.com:port"
# Login name (leave blank if not required):
LOGIN_USER="login_name"
# Login Password (leave blank to prompt):
LOGIN_PWD=
#If login specified - check for password
if [[ -z $LOGIN_USER ]]; then
#No login for proxy
PROXY_FULL=$PROXY_ADDR
else
#Login needed for proxy Prompt for password -s option hides input
if [[ -z $LOGIN_PWD ]]; then
read -s -p "Provide proxy password (then Enter):" LOGIN_PWD
echo
fi
PROXY_FULL=$LOGIN_USER:$LOGIN_PWD@$PROXY_ADDR
fi
#Web Proxy Enable: http_proxy or HTTP_PROXY environment variables
export http_proxy="http://$PROXY_FULL/"
export HTTP_PROXY=$http_proxy
export https_proxy="https://$PROXY_FULL/"
export HTTPS_PROXY=$https_proxy
export ftp_proxy="ftp://$PROXY_FULL/"
export FTP_PROXY=$ftp_proxy
#Set proxy for apt-get
sudo cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80proxy > /dev/null
Acquire::http::proxy "http://$PROXY_FULL/";
Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://$PROXY_FULL/";
Acquire::https::proxy "https://$PROXY_FULL/";
EOF
#Remove info no longer needed from environment
unset LOGIN_USER LOGIN_PWD PROXY_ADDR PROXY_FULL
echo Proxy Enabled
}
function proxydisable {
#Disable proxy values, apt-get and git settings
unset http_proxy HTTP_PROXY https_proxy HTTPS_PROXY
unset ftp_proxy FTP_PROXY
sudo rm /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80proxy
echo Proxy Disabled
}
- Once done, save and exit by pressing Ctrl + X, Y, and Enter.
The script is added to the user's own .bash_profile file, which is run when that particular user logs in. This will ensure that the proxy settings are kept separately for each user. If you want all users to use the same settings, you can add the code to /etc/rc.local instead (this file must have exit 0 at the end).