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

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
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100