Proxy / Firewall IP Address setting

[impee]

hi ppl,

I haven't a clue about Linux but and have been asked to fix something in the Hobbit application that is installed :P

I have a command line Debian Linux install and I recently updated it with patches from the web, but only after I manually added the companies firewall proxy details + user/password in apt.conf.

Now I simply need to connect to the internet to ping some sites, which is not happening. e.g. I want to ping www.google.com and it gives me:

From 10.60.1.20 icmp_seq=1 Time to live exceeded
From 10.60.1.20 icmp_seq=2 Time to live exceeded
From 10.60.1.20 icmp_seq=3 Time to live exceeded

Can some one please advise me where I need to put this proxy setting + user/password so that I can connect to the internet.

thanks alot,
impee.

[impee]

either no one knows or aren't bothered to tell me.

I've found the solution myself...

 export http_proxy=http://username:pass@proxy:port/ 
  

impee.