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Daniyal Javani
Asked: 2015-05-08 09:41:31 +0800 CST

export SOCKS_SERVER not working

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I try $ export socks_proxy=127.0.0.1:9150 and $ wget http://icanhazip.com/ but still show previous IP (icanhazip.com show IP). Tor working correctly on Firefox.

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    You can not make an application use socks proxy if it doesn't support it. Firefox supports socks proxy that's why you can simply change the proxy settings in Firefox to make it work.

    However, for apps that don't support Socks proxy, you can use Proxychains instead. It is very easy to setup and use. It comes pre-configured for use with Tor.

    Debian family:

    sudo apt-get install proxychains

    Red hat family:

    sudo yum install proxychains

    Usage:

    proxychains wget http://icanhazip.com/
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  2. man wget suggests wget doesn't support socks proxies. In any case, the term 'socks' doesn't show up in the man or info docs.

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