CentOS - Oct 2009 - how to set default proxy?

hi



I know that I could use ssh tunneling:



ssh -fND localhost:6000 SOMEBODY at 192.168.56.5 -p PORTNUMBER



to surf the web through another machines internet connection -> I just need
to set Firefox to use proxy 6000.



But:



How can I set that on the client side, to e.g.: ping through the
machine with openssh-server? Not just setting Firefox to use port 6000.
Is there any method for setting the default proxy in Linux, so that if
I use wget, I will download through the ssh tunnel?



Thank you




      
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Eugeneapolinary Ju schrieb:
> hi
> 
> 
> 
> I know that I could use ssh tunneling:
> 
> 
> 
> ssh -fND localhost:6000 SOMEBODY at 192.168.56.5 -p PORTNUMBER
> 
> 
> 
> to surf the web through another machines internet connection -> I just
need to set Firefox to use proxy 6000.
> 
> 
> 
> But:
> 
> 
> 
> How can I set that on the client side, to e.g.: ping through the
> machine with openssh-server? Not just setting Firefox to use port 6000.
> Is there any method for setting the default proxy in Linux, so that if
> I use wget, I will download through the ssh tunnel?
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you
You can set the proxy parameters within /etc/wgetrc for wget. Or in
/etc/lftp.conf for lftp.

Generally the system variable is http_proxy and ftp_proxy. Either set
them globally for all system users i.e. in a file like
/etc/profile.d/proxy.{csh,sh} or just for your own environment in your
shell's profile.

export http_proxy=http://username:password at proxy_address:port
export ftp_proxy=ftp://username:password at proxy_address:port

username and password are optional and depending from your proxy policy
and settings.

Alexander