Allow chaining between config modules

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In openSUSE, we used to have a hack that we used to synchronize the system 
proxy configuration with the gconf proxy configuration.

IMHO, this should be handled by libproxy directly.

The idea is that the user can choose between those settings:
 no proxy
 proxy configured system-wide
 my custom proxy configuration

If the user chooses "proxy configured system-wide", this means that the 
gsettings module in libproxy would then chain up to another module.

This makes it easier for sysadmin to control stuff.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by vincent....@gmail.com on 3 Aug 2011 at 11:16

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Fundamentally, passing proxy information from an unprivileged user to the root 
user is a security problem (the proxy could fake trusted data and use that data 
to gain root privileges). I know you aren't suggesting this, but I have to make 
it explicit so that no one posts this idea. :)

So basically you want a gconf option which will chain libproxy to 
config_sysconfig? This is certainly doable, patches welcome. :)

Original comment by nathan...@themccallums.org on 3 Aug 2011 at 1:56

• Changed state: PatchWanted

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s/gconf/gsettings, but yeah, that's the idea. I'm kind of hoping that Dominique 
will do a patch ;-)

Original comment by vincent....@gmail.com on 3 Aug 2011 at 2:01