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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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 04:53:19PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > ## Thread moved here from -questions. > > On 2005-08-31 14:41, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> 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) > > 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 -- 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) iD8DBQFDFcS1ocfcwTS3JF8RAriiAKCKGV/euCLHAR1+/aQ7pOvUaxvvwgCgonwz 4+cTOasHsaNfN37BENU0n3s= =2j1E -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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