On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 12:13, Sergio Javier Belkin wrote: > Hello, I work for a school in which we are using GNU/Linux in desktop for the > students. Incredibly the servant proxy is still Windows since the school > seemed to have it well thus. Now the question is: If I want to make use of > Internet I put the machine Windows like gateway. Then I go to the > configuration of the navigator and put the direction of proxy. The subject > is: How do I do when in order to PC with linux uses proxy windows (it's the > same computher that gateway) in order to use wget in a console either apt-get > if use Knoppix or urpmi with Mandrake. I explain myself? And again I clarify, > that it is an aberration to use Windows as proxy, but I have not decided it > Do ... I explain myself? Thank you very much...
Bryan's answer is a good one, but if it doesn't fix everything you'll find that most network applications do have the ability to configure a proxy. For wget, make a ~/.wgetrc. For links, go to Setup > Network Options. So on and so forth. HTH, -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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