[linux-help] Re: setting up gateway

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >B/c if they used port 80 it would conflicth with web 
> >servers.
> >
> >You need to set your browser(s) to use the proxy on 
> >that port.  In Netscape:
> >
> >Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Proxies, select 
> >"Manual Proxy
> >Configuration" and enter your proxy server information.
> >
> >For Lynx you can edit /etc/lynx.cfg, or you can set 
> >the http_proxy variable
> >(in /etc/profile or ~/.profile):
> >
> >export http_proxy=http://192.168.0.13:6588/
> 
> The standard port for ftp is 21, right?  Is the same 
> technique necessary for ftp, or is ftp different?  My 
> proxy software still wants to listen on 21 for ftp 
> requests.

If your proxy supports ftp, you can do this:

export ftp_proxy=http://192.168.0.13:6588/

Yes, that's http://, not ftp://

You can do the same for gopher, but most people don't use that any more...
with the exception of John Goerzen :-)

export gopher_proxy=http://192.168.0.13:6588/



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