[linux-help] Re: setting up gateway

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

apt-get, wget, and many, many other programs will use the $http_proxy,
$ftp_proxy, and $gopher_proxy settings.

You can't get any more general than that.


On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 02:57:17PM -0500, Nathan wrote:
> 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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