YaST/Modules/Proxy

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Proxy Settings Under YaST

Getting your YaST to work in a proxy environment is a straight forward thing. This is required when you don't have a direct Internet connection and you are using a Web Proxy in your network to make http requests.

Let's say your proxy server is : proxy_server.domain and the port number it listens on for connections is : 8080

Now go to YaST -> Network Services -> Proxy and set the proxy server name and port number in the dialog box. You can do a similar setting for https and others.

If your proxy server uses authentication too, this is the place to enter the details so that YaST will authenticate itself automatically.

Generally, most of the application that require Internet through a proxy will use a shell variable named http_proxy. This should be set as follows:

$ export http_proxy=username:passwd@proxy_server:8080

This will last only for the current session. Hence variables like this should be set in start-up scripts or at least in .profile file of the shell you are using.