[linux-help] Re: setting up gateway

[Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The .profile is only relevent to your bash process. There are two ways
to do it.

1. Enter the command "source .profile"

2. Logout of your shell and then log back in.

You don't need to reboot.


On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 09:00:49AM -0500, Nathan wrote:
> OK, I used the following two lines in my /etc/profiles.
> 
> export http_proxy=http://192.168.0.13:6588/
> export ftp_proxy=http://192.168.0.13:6588/
> 
> They did the trick, but only after I rebooted my linux 
> box.  I'm trying to grow beyond Microsoft.  How to I 
> activate changes to /etc/profiles without 
> rebooting?  I tried kill -HUP 1, but it didn't 
> work.  evidently init isn't the right process to HUP.
> 
> Nathan
> 
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