On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 01:29 PM, Hussein Shafie wrote: > Jeremy Quinn wrote: >> I have just upgraded to XXE (SE) 2.4 on MacOSX and can no longer get >> my configurations loaded via HTTP. >> I have tried the following : >> I added this to my ~/.tcshrc file: >> setenv XXE_CONFIG @http://iborg.local/xxe/config/iniva/iniva.xxe >> or setenv XXE_CONFIG @http://iborg.local/xxe/config.list >> Alternatively, I added this to the info.plist of the .app package: >> <dict> >> <key>XXE_CONFIG</key> >> >> <string>@http://iborg.local/xxe/config/iniva/iniva.xxe</string> >> </dict> >> or >> <dict> >> <key>XXE_CONFIG</key> >> <string>@http://iborg.local/xxe/config.list</string> >> </dict> >> In both cases, the server does not actually get hit by XXE. > > I've tested shared configurations using the XXE_CONFIG environment > variable mechanism on both MacOSX and Windows 2000 (I was too lazy to > reboot my machine to test this using XP) and it works.
Thanks for testing this > Here's what I did on Mac: > <snip/> > [7] I removed the 2 lines from may ~/.profile. I created > ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist (see attachment) This makes sense. I use this for passing my secure CVS setup to GUI apps. > > >> I am having the same problems setting up config sharing on Windows XP >> as I am on MacOSX. >> I have tried adding the following to C:\WINDOWS\system32\AUTOEXEC.NT >> SET xxe_conf...@http://iborg.local/xxe/config.list >> or >> SET xxe_conf...@http://iborg.local/xxe/config/iniva/iniva.xxe >> After restarting, XXE does not find the config. > > I know nothing about AUTOEXEC.NT. Here's what I did on Windows 2000: > > [1] I added this line to C:\autoexec.bat > --- > set xxe_conf...@http://lupo.pixware.fr/xxe/config.list > --- > OK, I was adding to the wrong AUTOEXEC.BAT <bleh/> Whereupon I stumbled across the next problem, Windows does not resolve Rendezvous style DNS addresses (*.local). <doh/> It is working now. Many thanks for your help. regards Jeremy
