[linux-help] Re: setting up gateway

[Nathan <ncozzens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:50 PM 10/12/00 -0500, you wrote:
> > >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/
What if I want to make this more of a general setting, 
something that dselect could use?
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