Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:47:05 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Setting HTTP_PROXY for all users Message-ID: <20050831144705.GB69728@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20050831134138.GD9292@lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net> References: <20050830153242.GA74299@submonkey.net> <20050831134138.GD9292@lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 02:41:39PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > 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) Thanks; I could have sworn I read that manpage too! Cheers, Ceri -- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDFcLpocfcwTS3JF8RAhfXAJwILjkzm8F+wI3hjF5E+Z/Aq7aC7QCfWgZD tiUsYSgvVqUFhVy1yEPsdpM= =j1vi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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