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76 NAME="STARTUP">5. Starting <SPAN
81 > Before launching <SPAN
84 > for the first time, you
85 will want to configure your browser(s) to use
89 > as a HTTP and HTTPS proxy. The default is
90 127.0.0.1 (or localhost) for the proxy address, and port 8118 (earlier versions
91 used port 8000). This is the one configuration step that must be done!</P
93 > Please note that <SPAN
96 > can only proxy HTTP and
97 HTTPS traffic. It will not work with FTP or other protocols.</P
104 >Figure 2. Proxy Configuration (Mozilla)</B
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124 >), this can be set under:</P
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131 |_ <br>
132 <SPAN
136 |_ <br>
137 <SPAN
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142 <SPAN
146 |_ <br>
147 <SPAN
154 >Internet Explorer</SPAN
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163 <SPAN
165 >Internet Properties</SPAN
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168 <SPAN
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173 <SPAN
181 > and fill in the appropriate info
182 (Address: 127.0.0.1, Port: 8118). Include HTTPS (SSL), if you want HTTPS
183 proxy support too. </P
185 > After doing this, flush your browser's disk and memory caches to force a
186 re-reading of all pages and to get rid of any ads that may be cached. You
187 are now ready to start enjoying the benefits of using
196 > is typically started by specifying the
197 main configuration file to be used on the command line. If no configuration
198 file is specified on the command line, <SPAN
202 will look for a file named <TT
206 directory. Except on Win32 where it will try <TT
215 NAME="START-REDHAT">5.1. Red Hat and Conectiva</H2
217 > We use a script. Note that Red Hat does not start Privoxy upon booting per
218 default. It will use the file <TT
220 >/etc/privoxy/config</TT
222 its main configuration file.</P
232 > # /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start</PRE
243 NAME="START-DEBIAN">5.2. Debian</H2
245 > We use a script. Note that Debian starts Privoxy upon booting per
246 default. It will use the file
249 >/etc/privoxy/config</TT
250 > as its main configuration
261 > # /etc/init.d/privoxy start</PRE
272 NAME="START-SUSE">5.3. SuSE</H2
274 >We use a script. It will use the file <TT
276 >/etc/privoxy/config</TT
278 as its main configuration file. Note that SuSE starts Privoxy upon booting
289 > # rcprivoxy start</PRE
300 NAME="START-WINDOWS">5.4. Windows</H2
302 >Click on the Privoxy Icon to start Privoxy. If no configuration file is
303 specified on the command line, <SPAN
310 >. Note that Windows will
311 automatically start Privoxy upon booting you PC.</P
318 NAME="START-UNICES">5.5. Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</H2
320 >Example Unix startup command:</P
330 > # /usr/sbin/privoxy /etc/privoxy/config</PRE
341 NAME="START-OS2">5.6. OS/2</H2
343 > During installation, <SPAN
347 start automatically when the system restarts. You can start it manually by
348 double-clicking on the <SPAN
362 NAME="START-MACOSX">5.7. Mac OSX</H2
364 > During installation, <SPAN
368 start automatically when the system restarts. To start Privoxy by hand,
369 double-click on the <TT
371 >StartPrivoxy.command</TT
375 >/Library/Privoxy</TT
376 > folder. Or, type this command
387 > /Library/Privoxy/StartPrivoxy.command
394 > You will be prompted for the administrator password.</P
401 NAME="START-AMIGAOS">5.8. AmigaOS</H2
406 > (with RUN <>NIL:) in your
410 > script (AmiTCP), in
414 > (RoadShow), as startup program in your
415 startup script (Genesis), or as startup action (Miami and MiamiDx).
419 > will automatically quit when you quit your
420 TCP/IP stack (just ignore the harmless warning your TCP/IP stack may display that
424 > is still running).</P
431 NAME="START-GENTOO">5.9. Gentoo</H2
433 > A script is again used. It will use the file <TT
437 > as its main configuration file.</P
447 > /etc/init.d/privoxy start
457 > is not automatically started at
458 boot time by default. You can change this with the <TT
473 > rc-update add privoxy default
485 NAME="CMDOPTIONS">5.10. Command Line Options</H2
490 > may be invoked with the following
491 command-line options:</P
507 > Print version info and exit. Unix only.
521 > Print short usage info and exit. Unix only.
535 > Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group
536 leader, and don't detach from controlling tty. Unix only.
551 > On startup, write the process ID to <SPAN
564 > on exit. Failure to create or delete the
571 > is non-fatal. If no <SPAN
578 option is given, no PID file will be used. Unix only.
587 >--user USER[.GROUP]</I
593 > After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
600 >, and if included the GID of GROUP. Exit if the
601 privileges are not sufficient to do so. Unix only.
621 > is included on the command line,
625 > will look for a file named
629 > in the current directory (except on Win32
630 where it will look for <SPAN
634 full path to avoid confusion. If no config file is found,
638 > will fail to start.
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