[plug] A couple of questions. (wget)

[Matt Kemner]

On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Michael Hunt wrote:

> 2. Using wget is there a way to set it up so that all users use a proxy
> server for there ftp/http downloads ? I'm looking fore specifics about
> configuring it for different ports (like squid on port 3128 for example).

put:

export http_proxy=http://your.proxy.server:3128/
export ftp_proxy=http://your.proxy.server:3128/

in your /etc/profile

(and similar commands in your /etc/tcshrc file)

and then wget & lynx will use those proxy servers for their http & ftp
connections.

 - Matt