In Red Hat Linux 7, you can set up a proxy using environment variables, specifically `http_proxy`, `https_proxy`, `ftp_proxy`, and `no_proxy`. To use your current login credentials for proxy authentication, you'll need to include your username and password in the proxy URL. Here's how you can do it:
1. Open a terminal and run the following commands:
```bash
export http_proxy="http://username:password@proxy_server:proxy_port"
export https_proxy="https://username:password@proxy_server:proxy_port"
export ftp_proxy="ftp://username:password@proxy_server:proxy_port"
```
- Replace `username` with your proxy username.
- Replace `password` with your proxy password.
- Replace `proxy_server` with the address of your proxy server.
- Replace `proxy_port` with the port number used by your proxy server.
2. If your proxy server doesn't require a username and password, you can omit them. For example:
```bash
export http_proxy="http://proxy_server:proxy_port"
export https_proxy="https://proxy_server:proxy_port"
export ftp_proxy="ftp://proxy_server:proxy_port"
```
3. To ensure that you don't need to enter your credentials every time you open a new terminal session, you can add these export commands to your shell's profile configuration file. For Bash, this file is typically `~/.bashrc`. For example:
```bash
echo 'export http_proxy="http://username:password@proxy_server:proxy_port"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export https_proxy="https://username:password@proxy_server:proxy_port"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export ftp_proxy="ftp://username:password@proxy_server:proxy_port"' >> ~/.bashrc
```
4. Make sure to replace `~/.bashrc` with the appropriate configuration file if you're using a different shell, such as `~/.zshrc` for Zsh.
5. After modifying your profile configuration file, reload it to apply the changes without logging out or rebooting:
```bash
source ~/.bashrc
```
Remember that including your username and password in plain text within the proxy URL is not recommended from a security perspective. If possible, use a more secure method for proxy authentication, such as NTLM or Kerberos, or consider using a dedicated proxy authentication tool or utility that can securely manage your credentials.