[Bug 783409] Re: Proxy authentication not available to programs using apt

[Brian Murray]

apt expects information regarding proxy servers to be in the following
form:

root at flash:/etc/apt# cat apt.conf
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
Acquire::http::proxy "http://192.68.10.1:3128/";
Acquire::https::proxy "https://192.68.10.1:3128/";
Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://192.68.10.1:3128/";
Acquire::socks::proxy "socks://192.68.10.1:3128/";

In Ubuntu 12.04, if you set up a network proxy in system settings this
will be set for you in /etc/apt/apt.conf and /etc/environment.  I
personally don't have access to a proxy requiring authentication so if
you could test this with even a Live CD of Ubuntu 12.04 that would be
great.  Thanks in advance!

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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Title:
  Proxy authentication not available to programs using apt

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I just installed new Ubuntu 11.04 (64-bit).
  I'm sitting behind the proxy that requires authentication.
  I put proxy params, including authentication, to Synaptic, to System-Preferences-Network Proxy (and made them system wide here) and to /etc/profile (in a form "export http_proxy=http://user:passwd@proxy.domain.cz:port/"), I restarted the computer.
  Still, when I try to install (and consequently download) additional drivers for Nvidia or not on CD included parts of language support, I keep getting "407 Proxy Authentication Required" error and I must download all of the debs manually.
  And - to add the last straw to my anger - the window reporting this error is so small and not resizable, that even reading it or copying debs URLs is extremely difficult!

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