Comment 18 for bug 556293

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jehon (jeanhonlet) wrote : Re: sudo does not keep http_proxy environment variable

Since in the main (ubuntu) menu System > Network Proxy, you have an "apply system wide", this "http_proxy" variable should be taken care of somehow...

Either
a/ by passing it through sudo
b/ the menu configuration add it somewhere somehow so that sudo get initialized with the "global official variable" (if a sudo.initial_env file would have existed, should be placed there).

solution b is more security-proof.