On 1 May 2013 17:10, Neil Greenwood <neil.greenwood....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On May 1, 2013 4:16 PM, "Simon Greenwood" <sfgreenw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On 1 May 2013 16:06, Neil Greenwood <neil.greenwood....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> I'm having a problem with Ubuntu in work when I try to use a PAC file > to configure the proxy. The result is that the http_proxy variable is not > set, and everything tries to connect directly. Does anyone have any idea > how I could try to debug this? > >> > >> By the way, the same file works perfectly for all the windows machines, > so I doubt it's a syntax error but it is a possibility. > >> > >> I downloaded the source for libproxy, but I can't easily see where to > start - my C++ is very limited, I'm a Java programmer. > > > > It's been a while since I've needed one but Firefox used to honour > HTTP_PROXY when set as an environment variable so you could just set it in > your .profile. I think Chrome might not and a quick search seems to confirm > that. > > > > s/ > > -- > > Twitter: @sfgreenwood > > "TBA are particularly glib" > > > > Thanks for the suggestion, Simon. I have internet access working by > manually setting the proxy. However, the PAC file is about 50 lines long > with exceptions including various subnets. I haven't been able to use > no_proxy with CIDRs, so I'd prefer to get the PAC working if possible, > especially since there are 40+ other Ubuntu users in the same office and it > would be nice if we could have the same experience as the few remaining > windows users! > > Any other ideas? > Hmm, the obvious one for that many users is to put a proxy server on your local network and migrate the PAC settings to that so that the Ubuntu users can use that. s/ -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "TBA are particularly glib"
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