Re: HELP: Separate GNOME configurations for home and workplace?

["Kushal Kumaran" <kushal.kumaran+debian@gmail.com>]

On 4/27/07, Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:33:35 +0100
> Julian Gilbey <jdg@polya.uklinux.net> wrote:
>
> > I use my laptop in two locations, one which has an HTTP proxy (work),
> > the other which doesn't (home).  Is there an easy way to set up GNOME
> > to understand multiple locations which are easy to switch between, or
> > do I have to do everything manually?
>
> I don't know of a dedicated tool for the purpose, but you could script
> it yourself without too much difficulty. If you set the variable
> $USE_HTTP_PROXY to 'true' or 'false' as appropriate, then you would
> invoke:
>
>     /usr/bin/gconftool --set /system/http_proxy/use_http_proxy \
>         --type boolean $USE_HTTP_PROXY
>
> You could then arrange to call the script in /etc/network/interfaces
> when your home and work interface settings (assuming they differ) are
> activated. Because of the way gconf works, epiphany will instantly
> respect the new setting.
>
> With firefo ... oops ... iceweasel it would be a bit more complicated.

With iceweasel, I like to use the "automatic proxy configuration" and
make it point to a URL that will generate the appropriate
autoconfiguration script.

http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/demo/proxy-live.html
describes what must be present at the autoconfig URL.

--
Kushal