Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:41:39 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Setting HTTP_PROXY for all users Message-ID: <20050831134138.GD9292@lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net> In-Reply-To: <20050830153242.GA74299@submonkey.net> References: <20050830153242.GA74299@submonkey.net>
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On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 04:32:42PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> I want to set HTTP_PROXY for all users on my machine, and I'd like to do
> it in /etc/login.conf as then it's only in one place.
>
> However, I need to put a colon in for the port number and can't see how
> to escape it so that the entry doesn't get chopped off halfway through.
> None of these work:
>
> :setenv=HTTP_PROXY=www-cache.private.submonkey.net:3128:\
>
> :setenv=HTTP_PROXY=www-cache.private.submonkey.net\:3128:\
>
> :setenv=HTTP_PROXY="www-cache.private.submonkey.net:3128":\
>
> Is there a way to do this, or should I just throw this in /etc/profile
> and /etc/csh.cshrc instead?
\c generates a colon. Documented in getcap(3)
Cheers,
Matthew
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