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wget is using not the proxy I just set in http_proxy

Hi!

I have in my .bashrc stuff settings for http_proxy and https_proxy. Works like a charm.

Now, I want to use _another_proxy to download one file from internet. I set/export http_proxy and https_proxy on the terminal I'm running wget and wget is still using the proxy that was set up in the variables before. why is that?

Thanks in advance.

Kubuntu 12.04 (updated)

what do you see if you run "echo $http_proxy"? note that the scope of variables is per session, you can't change them from a different terminal etc.

I know. Look:

Code:

$ echo $http_proxy $https_proxy

plata.cps.local:8080 plata.cps.local:8080

$ export http_proxy=helio.cps.local:8080

$ export https_proxy=helio.cps.local:8080

$ echo $http_proxy $https_proxy

helio.cps.local:8080 helio.cps.local:8080

$ wget http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.4-server-i386.iso

--2012-10-10 09:05:51--  http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.4-server-i386.iso

Resolving plata.cps.local (plata.cps.local)... 10.240.178.202

Connecting to plata.cps.local (plata.cps.local)|10.240.178.202|:8080... connected.

Proxy request sent, awaiting response... ^C

How about that?

Hmm, odd. there are a fair few other variables it might be seeing, anything else in "set | grep -i proxy" ?

Code:

$ set | grep -i proxy

UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=libappmenu.so

http_proxy=helio.cps.local:8080

https_proxy=helio.cps.local:8080

            -find -s -nice -nouserlib -noclasspath -autoproxy -main'             -- "$cur" ));

                        url proxy fetch push mirror skipDefaultUpdate

                core.gitProxy

                http.proxy

        PreferredAuthentications Protocol ProxyCommand PubkeyAuthentication \

---------- Post added 10-10-12 at 10:48 AM ----------

That's on the same session I used before.

Nope, I'm lost!

If you put the variable on the same command line, it does work correctly, right?

$ http_proxy=helio.cps.local:8080 wget http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubu...erver-i386.iso

do you have a wgetrc? ($HOME/.wgetrc)

I thought of the .rc file but I think I have none. Let me double check. Nope, nothing.

Actually, it does not work with the environment variable set on the same command line:

Code:

$ http_proxy=helio.cps.local:8080  wget http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.4-server-i386.iso

--2012-10-10 09:27:39--  http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.4-server-i386.iso

Resolving plata.cps.local (plata.cps.local)... 10.240.178.202

Connecting to plata.cps.local (plata.cps.local)|10.240.178.202|:8080... connected.

Proxy request sent, awaiting response... ^C

$ http_proxy=helio.cps.local:8080 https_proxy=helio.cps.local:8080 wget http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.4-server-i386.iso

--2012-10-10 09:28:57--  http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.4-server-i386.iso

Resolving plata.cps.local (plata.cps.local)... 10.240.178.202

Connecting to plata.cps.local (plata.cps.local)|10.240.178.202|:8080... connected.

Proxy request sent, awaiting response... ^C

weird... veeeeeeeeeeeeery weird.

try to unset those variables and use strace to see what's happened (which file was accessed before connecting)