GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 343810
Network Proxy: ignores proxy user/pass provided
Last modified: 2006-06-04 11:11:49 UTC
That bug has been opened on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/control-center/+bug/48329 "Steps to reproduce (requries authenticated proxy): 1. Open Network Proxy 2. Select "Manual Proxy configuration" 3. Enter HTTP proxy host and port 4. Click "Details" 5. Check "Use Authentication" 6. Enter user/pass 7. Click Close 8. Click Close 9. Open a new terminal 10. "echo $http_proxy" Note that it only contains http://host:port/, not the user and password. This affects anything spawned within gnome. I'm on Dapper, suggested workaround is to use options within your apps for authenticated proxies. Suggested fix is to use the "http://user:pass@host:port" (works with wget and w3m, not synaptic)."
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 339134 ***