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@proxy_address:port export ftp_proxy=ftp://username:password@proxy_address:port username and password are optional and depending from your proxy policy and settings. Alexander