Updating SOCKS proxy via apt.conf doesn't upda

Question

Os: Ubuntu 16.10

What I'm trying to do:

I've got external socks v5 server. I want to *send all local WEB traffic to socks server by doing this:

1. ssh -D 1337 -f -C -q -N admin@socks_server_ip; #Connection no issues here

2. ps aux | grep 1337 # I see PID related to this connection, no issues here as well

3. Update /etc/apt/apt.conf as:

Acquire::socks::proxy "socks://user:pass@host:port/"; #No issues in updating apt.conf as well

Problem:

When I'm done succesfully editing apt.conf file, I should be able to see changes in Network >> Proxy section listing socks proxy details something like this:

BUT, even after updating apt.conf, I see this:

And I can't access internet until or unless I manually set Network >> Proxy details. Anybody have any idea why this is happening?? Please suggest any solutions if possible. Thanks

Answer 1

Editing apt.conf changes the proxy just for the APT (package manager). If you want to set up the proxy system-wide, you really need to go to Network >> Proxy and set that manually.