> Hi, > I am using my Solaris SXCE b_76 behind a proxy. > en I give the command > # ping www.google.com > > it gives me unknown host > > I tried using the command > # export http_proxy=my.proxy.URl:8080 > > but no use > > what's the right way to set system proxy in Solaris?
Pings aren't proxied by anything I've heard of. Nor is proxying a system-level thing; it's up to individual applications. (some toolsets may have a setting that provides the illusion of something broader, but only those apps that participate in that scheme would be affected by the global setting) In other words, it's not like Windows in that regard! And the only thing the OS does with environment variables is provide for their being passed across an execve(); it's even the applications that actually choose what to pass, or what meaning if any to apply to the environment variables. Some are interpreted by the dynamic linker, but that's strictly a user-space thing too. You may just need to set up a proper default route. Since you don't say anything about your setup though, any attempt to tell you just what to do would be guessing. For instance, your system and your router need to agree on whether it wants to you to do DHCP to determine your address and route automatically, or whether you do all that manually. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
