Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:59:29 +0000 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proxy Server Settings Message-ID: <20020319145929.A2352@icarus.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44L0.0203190837460.16473-100000@shell.core.com>; from raiden@shell.core.com on Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 08:38:59AM -0600 References: <Pine.GSO.4.44L0.0203190819090.16473-100000@shell.core.com> <Pine.GSO.4.44L0.0203190837460.16473-100000@shell.core.com>
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On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 08:38:59AM -0600, Steven Lake wrote: > Ok, uh, one thing I forgot. I'm needing the computer to be able > to surf the web from the console, not Xwindows. I'm fine in Xwindows, > because I just set the proxy in Netscape and I'm fine. But I'm stuck if I > have to surf from the console or ftp from there. That's the part that has > me stuck. > Your ftp client's manpage will probably give you details, but the general idea is to set an environment variable, such as $ftp_proxy. The exact syntax for setting and exporting this will depend on your shell. Probably the easiest way is to put the command in your shell's startup dot- file, so it's ready each time you start a new shell. HTH Dan > On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Steven Lake wrote: > > > Ok, this is something I'm curious of and after looking around on > > the net and through the handbook, I can't find where to do this. I know > > it was brought up once before, but never sufficiently answered. > > > > What I'm wanting to do is to use my laptop behind the firewall > > with FreeBSD running rather than windows 2000. I have my machine set to > > dual boot, but it makes it a pain to have to boot to 2000 to get info off > > the net, then boot to fbsd to do my work. At several of our locations our > > lan's are hidden behind proxy servers and the only way to get on the web > > is to set the proxy server in the browser and ftp client settings. > > > > What I want to know is how do I manually specify the proxy server > > for the lan in question that I'm working on during any given day so that I > > can just stay in fbsd and surf for info while doing my work? > > > > I know how to specify the IP and all that manually via rc.conf, > > but would I do much the same thing for manually specifying a proxy server? > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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