Uniform Proxy Settings

[Tim Lauridsen]

Kulbir Saini wrote:
> Hi list,
>
>    Whenever I try a new version of Fedora, the first problem I face is 
> setting the proxy. It seems for almost every application, I have to 
> specify proxy at a different place. We have this "System -> 
> Preferences -> Internet and Network -> Network Proxy" app to specify 
> proxy settings. But I wonder if there is some application which obeys 
> these settings.
>
> Examples:
>
>    1. Yum (3.2.19-3.fc10) won't fetch proxy settings from above 
> specified location. It has to be set via proxy option in yum.conf or 
> http_proxy/ftp_proxy env variable.
The problem is that the above is Gnome thing, so it make sense for gnome 
apps to use it, but yum a low level app there should work on all 
systems, also sytems with no GUI. 

Tim