Arthur Pemberton wrote: >On 5/27/06, Aurelien Bompard <gauret@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> How about having a file in /etc/profile.d, say proxy.sh and proxy.csh >> (yeah, >> >>that's two, well, you get the point) containing this: >># Set your proxy using the following variables: >># http_proxy=http://your.proxy.server:8080 >># ftp_proxy=http://your.proxy.server:8080 >># If you need authentication, use: >># http_proxy=http://username:password@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:8080 >> >>At least that would save the Googling (and it's easy to do). >> >>Then, we could make a system-config-proxy which would set this file, and set >>the proxy in GNOME, KDE and firefox while it's at it. >>Or we could fix the GNOME setting app and Kcontrol to setup environment >>variables in /etc/profile.d/proxy.{sh,csh}. I'm not sure upstream would >>accept setting the proxy in Firefox too though, so we might need a >>system-config-proxy in the end. >> >>Yes, this is suboptimal compared to using a single libproxy.so to rule them >>all, but will big cross-platform apps like firefox support it ? >> >> >>Aurélien >>-- >>http://aurelien.bompard.org ~~~~ Jabber : abompard@xxxxxxxxx >>The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned. >> >> >> > >I have tried the above approach manually. It works better on paper >than in practice. Especially considering the numerous other >applications that require similiar configurations. But that is one >solution. > > > Well, you're missing a few crucial things... Other than the fact that existing applications (and even X or login sessions) have to be restarted to accommodate this... It also doesn't allow you to layer any sort of policy onto the proxy selection on a per-connection basis. I might have rules that say, "If it's to any of these subnets, or to internal Intranet servers, then don't go through our proxies... everything else goes through the proxy." You can't do that with the environment variable hack. It doesn't even come close. The library, on the other hand, you can reconfigure without restarting applications or sessions, and you can make the proxy selection policy be arbitrarily complex. -Philip -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
