[ILUG] Lynx & http_proxy

[Martin Donlon]

Put a "http://" at the start
export http_proxy=http://wwwproxy:3128

On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 03:37:48PM +0100, Kenn Humborg wrote:
> 
> Anyone using the http_proxy variable with lynx?
> 
> When I do:
> 
>    $ export http_proxy=wwwproxy:3128
>    $ lynx http://www.linux.ie
>    Alert!: Unable to access document.
> 
> 
>    Can't Access `http://www.linux.ie/'
>    Alert!: Unable to access document.
> 
>    lynx: Can't access startfile
> 
> If I do:
> 
>    $ unset http_proxy
>    $ lynx http://www.linux.ie
> 
> it works fine.  wwwproxy is a CNAME for the machine running
> my squid, which listens on port 3128.  Setting http_proxy
> like this works fine for wget.
> 
> It fails on lynx-2.8.3-2 on RH6.2 and lynx-2.8.4-3 on RH7.0.
> 
> Setting http_proxy to the FQDN doesn't help.  Squid logs
> don't show any activity.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Later,
> Kenn
> 
> 
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