Re: Set http_proxy on cardctl insert

[Walter Hofmann <debian-laptop-021212195627-c31f@secretlab.mine.nu>]

Philipp Haller schrieb am Thursday, den 12. December 2002:

> Hello list,
> 
> I am trying to cope with different network environments. I set up various schemes in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts. This works fine. For one of those schemes I need to set http_proxy. I tried the following (in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts):
>     # Extra stuff to do after setting up the interface
>     start_fn () { http_proxy="http://proxy1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de:3128/"; ; return; }
>     # Extra stuff to do before shutting down the interface
>     stop_fn () { http_proxy="" ; return; }
> 
> But http_proxy won't be set. I tried putting "export " in front of "http_proxy" but no luck. Is there a different place where I have to set http_proxy then? Of course after switching schemes I want http_proxy to be unset.

This cannot possibly work. Every running program has its own copy of the 
environment variables. You are only setting http_proxy in the shell that 
is currently interpreting the network.opts file.

You could try the following: Change the commands above to write the
proxy to a file in the /etc directory. Then change the bash init file
(eg.  ~/.bashrc or profile or whatever) to set the proxy variable from
this file. This will only work for newly started shells.

Alternatively, always use a local proxy on your laptop and change its 
configuration to forward the requests to the real proxy.

Walter