[maemo-developers] Any way to set SOCKS proxy for ad-hoc connection?

[From: David Greaves]

Reggie Suplido wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 12:56 PM, David Greaves <david at dgreaves.com
> <mailto:david at dgreaves.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Reggie Suplido wrote:
>     > I'm trying to tether the NIT to the iPhone using an app called
>     NetShare.
>     > To have this work, I have to create an ad-hoc connection on the NIT,
>     > provide a static IP, and set the SOCKS proxy to the iPhone's IP:1080.
>     > The problem is, there is no SOCKS proxy setting on the NIT. Any
>     > workaround to do this or maybe suggest to have this added in the
>     future?
>     >
> 
>     I just happened to be looking at:
>      /etc/network/if-up.d/00_proxy_set

> Thanks David. How does that work?

No real idea - but it clearly plays with gconf :)

In turn gconf is the gnome/gtk mechanism to set config values for applications.
Unlike simple text config files, gconf is dynamic - apps will get told about and
should respond to gconf changes immediately.

I just happened to see it a few seconds before your post and thought you could
look there for clues...

David