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C Library Functions                                   libproxy(3)



NAME
     libproxy - a library that provides  automatic  proxy  confi-
     guration management

DESCRIPTION
     libproxy provides interfaces to get the proxy that  will  be
     used to access network resources. It uses various plugins to
     get  proxy  configuration  via  different  mechanisms  (e.g.
     environment variables, GConf, PAC).

     The envvar plugin gets  the  proxy  configuration  from  the
     http_proxy and no_proxy environment variables. The file plu-
     gin  gets  proxy  configuration  from  /etc/proxy.conf   and
     $HOME/.proxy.conf.  The  gnome  plugin gets the proxy confi-
     guration via GConf, and if the configuration uses PAC,  then
     the mozjs plugin is used.

     The order in which each proxy mechanism will be  checked  is
     specified  by  the environment PX_CONFIG_ORDER.  The default
     order is  "USER,SESSION,SYSTEM,envvar".  USER,  SESSION  and
     SYSTEM  are  all  categories of proxy configuration.  envvar
     means the plugin who get proxy setting from the  environment
     variable "http_proxy".

     The GConf plugin belongs to the  SESSION  category,  so  the
     GConf  setting  will be checked before the environment vari-
     able.

     libproxy also supports the feature of WPAD. But for the con-
     sideration  of WPAD security risks, the wpad-fallback plugin
     is disabled by  default.  Users  who  want  to  enable  this
     feature  can set the PX_CONFIG_ORDER environment variable to
     "USER,SESSION,SYSTEM,envvar,wpad-fallback", so the WPAD will
     be used if all the other plugins fail to find a proxy.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     See environ(5) for descriptions of environment variables.

     http_proxy      URL of HTTP proxy to use.



     no_proxy        A comma delimited list of hosts (or domains)
                     for which proxying is not to be used.



FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/lib/libproxy.so




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C Library Functions                                   libproxy(3)



         libproxy shared library



     /usr/lib/libproxy/*

         libproxy plugins



     /etc/proxy.conf
     $HOME/.proxy.conf

         configuration file used by file plugin to look for proxy
         configuration




ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | library/libproxy            |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface stability         | Volatile                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     attributes(5), gnome-interfaces(5), environ(5)

     libproxy home page:


         http://code.google.com/p/libproxy/




NOTES
     Written by Ke Wang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004, 2009.










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