wget is not working as normal user, but working for root

[Naga Samrat Chowdary, Narla]

Binary package hint: wget

I am using Ubuntu 10.04, downloaded from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily/current/
after i install, i set the proxy setting through system-> preferences-> network proxy.

i restarted machine.

at terminal, as normal user if i do "wget www.google.com" it is not working, showing connection refuses.
if i do the same (wget www.google.com) as root i was able to download the page.

same behavior is observed even after i set export http_proxy=host:port ( i was given my proxy and port values).

Thanks in advance
Naga Samrat Chowdary.

[Robert Casanova (secoder)]

Doesn't matter if you specify the proxy options on a user based .wgetrc or in the global /etc/wget.

[Robert Casanova (secoder)]

It seems the problem is somewhere in the retr.c file, something concerning the no_proxy_match method and getproxy method. Still looking.

[Robert Casanova (secoder)]

The environment variable that Ubuntu 10.04 creates from the GNOME GUI for the whole systems has an extra comma at the very end of the no_proxy list. That gets compared wrongly by the no_proxy_match, sufmatch method, returning always true and retrieving the URL without proxy.

Temporary solution is to re-export the no_proxy variable.

Looking now at the Network Proxy Preferences.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

is the issue similar to bug #558300?

[neuromancer (neuromancer)]

Is this bug fixed?
I've tried just a few minutes ago on my Ubuntu 10.4 and wget www.google.com work normally from root and also from normal user.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the configuration tools got rewritten in GNOME3 which deprecates the issue, closing the bug