Re: netscape proxy.pac setup

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Mark Cooke wrote:

> On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, Jim Chivas wrote:
>
> > proxy.company.edu:8080/proxy.pac
> >
> > Is it possible to setup squid such that a url for teh auto proxy setup is:
> >
> > proxy.company.edu:8080
> >
> > and squid will know where to find this proxy.pac file and load it to the
> > netscape client?
>
> Using a redirector to redirect proxy.company.edu:8080 to
> real.location:port/path/proxy.pac is one solution.
>

When I point to the exact location the proxy server I get back:

automatic configuration file is not of the correct type

http://proxy.mycompany.com:8080

expected MIME type application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig.

Perhaps I have missed something else other than the use of a redirector.

Jim

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Received on Fri Feb 25 2000 - 10:51:24 MST