Re: [squid-users] removing Proxy

On Sun, 16 May 2010 14:06:55 -0430, Jose Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa
<ildefonso.camargo_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Adam_at_Gmail <adbasque_at_googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hello all
>> I was wondering if anyone knows how to remove a proxy from a linux
system
>>
>> I haven't added the proy to any files, but everytime I try for instance
>> to
>> connect it keeps searching for the proxy
>> I initially added the proxy with
>>
>> export http://proxy:port
>
> export http_proxy=http://proxy:port you mean, right?
>
>>
>> Now when I do unset http_proxy I can connect to the internet and do the
>> apt-get and use synaptic without a problem
>> but if I reboot the machine it comes back again, unless I unset the
proxy
>> manually everytime
>>
>> does anyone know where I can remove it from an Ubuntu hardy based
system
>> please?
>
> This is a question more for the Ubuntu mailing list, really. but, I
> would do this on *any* Linux system:
>
> check these files:
>
> ~/.bashrc (.bashrc on your home directory), and see if the variable
> is set there, if no:
>
> sudo /bin/bash (to get a root shell, on ubuntu, on ther systems: su -):
> cd /etc
> grep -r http_proxy *
>
> And see on which files is the variable.
>
>>
>> I decided to stop using squid it caused me a lot of problems since I
>> installed it
>> it was non stop one problem after another.
>
> What kind of problems?
>

Lots of strange non-Squid problems. This being just one:
http://www.mail-archive.com/squid-users@squid-cache.org/msg72561.html

Amos
Received on Sun May 16 2010 - 22:44:24 MDT