rofl0r / rofl0r/proxychains-ng

Can I get environment variables from linux and set them into the proxychains.conf?

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Description

I mean
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Is it possible?

I have tried cases:
${PROXY1}
$PROXY1

but it does not work

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Research direction

Start with proxychains.conf and the project's configuration parsing entry point; check how proxy values are currently read and whether environment-variable expansion is supported. Confirm the expected syntax and behavior for Linux environment variables, then verify that proxychains uses the expanded values consistently.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, linux
Domain
cli, networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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