This document will show how to change proxy settings for Gnome from a terminal window (not from gnome-network-preferences).
The configuration information is saved under .gconf (front end GconfEdior), which is a system for storing application preference in Gnome (think Registry for Windows PC).
Keys can be accessed in terminal under “/home/user/.gconf/*”. The command below will display current proxy configuration loaded by gconf:
| $ cat .gconf/system/http_proxy/%gconf.xml |
This will be the same as:
The proxy configuration can be divided into two parts:
. /system/proxy/ - Configures SOCKS Proxy
. /system/http_proxy/ - Configures HTTP proxy
We can use gconftool -R
| $ gconftool -R /system/proxy old_ftp_port = 0 socks_host = 127.0.0.1 mode = manual old_socks_port = 0 secure_host = 127.0.0.1 ftp_host = 127.0.0.1 socks_port = 80 old_secure_host = secure_port = 80 ftp_port = 80 old_ftp_host = autoconfig_url = old_secure_port = 0 old_socks_host = $ gconftool -R /system/http_proxy use_http_proxy = true use_authentication = false host = 127.0.0.1 authentication_user = ignore_hosts = [localhost,127.0.0.0/8,*.local] use_same_proxy = true authentication_password = port = 80 |
So, to edit the proxy to the same settings as the one shown on the screenshot, we would do the following:
| $ gconftool -s /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy -t bool true $ gconftool -s /system/http_proxy/host -t int 127.0.0.1 $ gconftool -s /system/http_proxy/port -t int 80 $ gconftool -s /system/http_proxy/use_same_proxy -t bool true $ gconf -s /system/proxy/mode -t string manual |
Vic.
13 comments:
Great blog. Was looking for this for a proxy switch script for my school
--script--
#!/bin/bash
gconftool -s /system/proxy/mode -t string manual
ssh -D 9999 user@server && gconftool -s /system/proxy/mode -t string none
--/script--
Thanks.
Nice work, had a problem though i've checkd n found that the proxy settings for my network are ok and infact firefox just works well but all the other applicastions cant connect to the net.
Hey Victor,
I think it will depend on the program that you are using, and if it uses Gnome's proxy settings.
For shell you might need to use a program called corkscrew.
http://www.agroman.net/corkscrew/
Vic.
Thanks for the info! it worked just fine on intrepid. However, it doesn't work anymore on jaunty. I'm just wondering why. The xml file changes correctly but it seems that the proxy configuration applet doesn't recognize that.
should've figured this out myself... but thanks for the clear pointers
does this mean my runing program will use this proxy ?
Thank you it was a very good guide, now to change gnome proxy settings on a terminal window is without a doubt easy by using your tips. Kudos
@Gato
Have a look here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gconf/+bug/290647
That worked for me.
Thanks a lot
Thank You, this is exactly what i'am looking for !
You made my day !
I know this is old, but there has changed some syntax in newer Ubuntu-Versions ;-)
Worked nice under Ubuntu 11.04
--script--
#!bin/sh
gconftool -s /system/proxy/mode -t string manual
gconftool -s /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy -t bool true
gconftool -s /system/http_proxy/host -t string 127.0.0.1
gconftool -s /system/http_proxy/port -t int 3128
gconftool -s /system/http_proxy/use_same_proxy -t bool true
--/script--
If you want to change to default settings
--script--
#!bin/sh
gconftool -s /system/proxy/mode -t string direct
gconftool -s /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy -t bool false
--/script--
Have a lot of fun !
Thanks a lot!
Worked just fine with gconftool-2 on Fedora.
Thanks alot. Very useful post.
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