[06:24] <bash321> does any one use a authenticated proxy at home, work, university or tafe institution?
[06:24] <bash321> on ubuntu desktop?
[06:25] <bash321> to connect to the internet?
[06:38] <blahdeblah> bash321: yep
[06:42] <bash321> blahdeblah: is that at home or work? do you configure that via a gui or cli?
[06:43] <blahdeblah> bash321: Work; you can do it in a couple of ways.  In the GUI there's a network proxy control panel which allows you to enter it.
[06:43] <blahdeblah> At the command line you can just export http_proxy=http://user:pass@proxy:8080/ or similar
[06:43] <blahdeblah> ditto for https_proxy & ftp_proxy
[06:45] <bash321> blahdeblah: if i configured it via a gui method would the authentication apply as you have written it in the url for the command above... using network manager?
[06:45] <bash321> simply i cannot find via a gui method to get authenticated proxy to work.
[07:07] <bash321> there is an option is a tool called dconf editor.
[07:08] <bash321> i will test it out and see if it works..
[07:17] <bash321> ok... now this makes sense... to configure authenticated  proxies via gui settings on ubuntu. you have to install a tool called dconf-editor. the problem is with this program it gives a way your proxy server password.. defeating the whole purpose of authenticated proxy.