Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 18:09:08 -0400 From: "Bob Hall" <rjhalljr@starpower.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Bob Hall <bob@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Never mind: Re: lynx on 4.8-stable Message-ID: <20030531220908.GA1071@svold.krig.net> In-Reply-To: <20030531205806.GC686@svold.krig.net> References: <20030531051715.GA373@svold.krig.net> <20030531065753.GA32217@walton.maths.tcd.ie> <20030531205806.GC686@svold.krig.net>
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On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 04:58:06PM -0400, Bob Hall wrote: > On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 07:57:53AM +0100, David Malone wrote: > > It sounds like something is setting either the http_proxy or > > HTTP_PROXY environment variables when you log in as a normal user. > > Could you have changed /etc/login.conf or some one of the > > .cshrc/.login/.profile files? > > You are correct about the env variables, but it is not the files > you named. I had already checked them, and I checked them again > after reading your post. Searches for "proxy" and "3128" turn up > nothing. It took me two weeks, but I finally realized that I could grep the /usr hierarchy. The answer popped up at about the twentieth match. I had put some stuff in a .bash_ file where it didn't belong, and then forgetten about it when I set up squid for tranparent proxying. When I copied my .bash_ files to the new system with no squid, the garbage came with it. Instant headache. Bob Hall
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