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http_proxy=<proxy.server:port> wget <url>
2011-03-30 13:06:19
User: rdc
Functions: wget
1

On a machine behind a firewall, it's possible to pass the proxy server address in as a prefix to wget to avoid having to set it as an environment variable first.

cobbler repo edit --name=Epel-i386 --environment="http_proxy=http://100.100.100.100:3128"
2010-05-11 13:52:43
User: w00binda
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This is the command to configure "cobbler reposync" to use a specific proxy setting to mirror locally the content of a specific remote repository.

set-proxy () { P=webproxy:1234; DU="fred"; read -p "username[$DU]:" USER; printf "%b"; UN=${USER:-$DU}; read -s -p "password:" PASS; printf "%b" "\n"; export http_proxy="http://${UN}:${PASS}@$P/"; export ftp_proxy="http://${UN}:${PASS}@$P/"; }
2010-02-04 13:12:59
User: shadycraig
Functions: export printf read set
1

Prompts the user for username and password, that are then exported to http_proxy for use by wget, yum etc

Default user, webproxy and port are used.

Using this script prevent the cleartext user and pass being in your bash_history and on-screen

autossh -f -i /path/to/key -ND local-IP:PORT User@Server
2009-12-31 06:10:03
User: fotoflo
4

This creates a persistent ssh -i /path/to/key -ND local-IP:PORT User@Server connection. You may have to install autossh. -f puts in daemon mode. if you are having trouble, try it without -f.