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[Henning Moll <602254@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The function "apply system-wide" should at least also update
/etc/apt/apt.conf including authentication credentials. This would fix
many issues (also the following).

An additional remark for those who will sometimes address/fix this
issue. There is also a little problem with "sudo" as it will clear the
environment variable http_proxy in case it have been set before. One
solution could be to use "env_keep". But this could be a security
concern. Maybe sudo has another way to define environment variables in a
fixed way.

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Title:
  Proxy "Apply System Wide" does not preserve authentication settings

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: gnome-control-center

  Arch: amd64
  Dist: Lucid Lynx (10.04)

  Executable Path:
  /usr/bin/gnome-network-properties:

  When changing the proxy preferences, authentication settings are not
  carried through to some of the "System Wide" applications.

  Authentication is generally set using
  http_proxy=http://username:password@proxy_ip_address:proxy_port,
  however some of these applications are only configured with no
  authentication information
  (http_proxy=http://proxy_ip_address:proxy_port)

  The main application that I noticed this on is apt
  (/etc/apt/apt.conf), but I will sporadically run into other
  application that I have to manually update as well.

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