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Date:      Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:54:45 +0100
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Setting HTTP_PROXY for all users
Message-ID:  <20050831145445.GC69728@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050831135319.GB88117@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>
References:  <20050830153242.GA74299@submonkey.net> <20050831134138.GD9292@lack-of-gravitas.thebunker.net> <20050831135319.GB88117@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv>

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On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 04:53:19PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> ## Thread moved here from -questions.
>=20
> On 2005-08-31 14:41, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wro=
te:
> >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=3DHTTP_PROXY=3Dwww-cache.private.submonkey.net:3128:\
> >>
> >> 	:setenv=3DHTTP_PROXY=3Dwww-cache.private.submonkey.net\:3128:\
> >>
> >> 	:setenv=3DHTTP_PROXY=3D"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)
>=20
> Hmmm, I think this should also be documented in the login.conf file,
> with a comment and a pointer to getcap(3) manpage.  Any objections to
> the following patch?

Looks good.

Ceri
--=20
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former.			  -- Einstein (attrib.)

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