Other Help Topics :: Problems setting proxy with wgetrc

I've started playing with DSL and am very impressed at what you get for under 50mB. BUT I'm 100% *nix newbie on a LAN behind NAT and can only get to the web through a corporate proxy.

In the tips files on the boot CDROM is says to edit the settings in wgetrc to go through your proxy. OK, so I open scite and open /etc/wgetrc/ and the comments are self-explanatory.

But when I alter this file accordingly and try to save back to /etc/ I get a message saying "cannot save file". Same message if I try to save it to /home/ instead (for local user). Opening a shell and then typing sudo scite to then do the same (I thought perhaps you had to be super user or whatever) made no difference.

Grrrrrr!!! What am I failing to grasp here? Isn't it just like opening an .ini file with notepad in Windoze and changing it? Apparently not. I've been looking at *nix primers on the web and they are not helping.

Thanks for any assistance - I realise these beginner questions must seem rather naive to *nix people.

do not edit /etc/wgetrc ( you cant its on cd).

edit /home/dsl/.wgetrc

1 open emelfm
2 press the H button in the top op emelfm( you will see all hidden files)
3. select .wgerrc
4. press edit button
5. make your changes
6. save

Thanks very much indeed 4 your help Henk1955! .wgetrc and dillorc now edited accordingly. Obviously I didn't quite follow the directory structure. Doh.

It might be a good idea if your response was added to the proxy help file on the cd in order to help other unix virgins?

Now if only I could connect to the LAN .. but I'll start a new thread on this for clarity's sake.

original here.