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[Ralf Prengel <ralf.prengel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Katarina Machalkova schrieb:
> Ehlo,
>
> > Yast2 package-manager worked fine with the proxy-settings but after
> > deactivating the proxy when moving into another network yast2 did not
> > find the repos until a reboot of the system.
>
> This works as designed - proxy settings are environment variables and as it is 
> not trivial to update the environment of already running process e.g. your 
> desktop session, you need either to relogin or reboot. Yast writes proxy 
> settings into /etc/sysconfig/proxy file and it is the login script 
> (profile.sh) executed upon new login, that reads them and exports them. 
>
> For the settings to take effect immediately, set your $http_proxy variable to 
> empty string and, if you use login/password to access proxy, don't forget to 
> clear also /root/.curlrc file.
>
> B.
ok
but why does it work in one direction?
No proxy changing to proxy is working immediately but proxy changing to 
no proxy needs a relogin?


Ralf Prengel
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