# has notable differences from bash. By design, this script does not try to do
# too much, so as to be as cross-platform as possible.
#
-#
-# Revisions :
-# $Log: privoxy-generic.init,v $
-# Revision 1.3 2002/09/11 01:09:14 hal9
-# Better handling of pidfile, and process owner.
-#
-# Revision 1.2 2002/09/08 20:27:58 hal9
-# -Rewrote script config section.
-# -Added comments to script.
-# -Tried to add logic to use a --user privoxy, if available.
-# -Minor script changes due to 'echo -n' does not work on a true
-# /bin/sh system.
-#
-# Revision 1.1 2002/09/06 00:20:26 hal9
-# Creating a generic init script, meant to be used on platforms where don't have
-# a custom init script.
-#
-# Revision 1.0 2002/09/05 17:14:32 hal9
-#
#######################################################################
# Is this needed by Solaris?
# logfile is writable by $P_USER (logfile is defined in config), and that
# there is suitable write access for $P_PIDFILE.
-PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin/:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
P_NAME=Privoxy
# Path to executable.
P_DAEMON=privoxy
# Full path to location of Privoxy config file.
-P_CONF_FILE=./config
+P_CONF_FILE=/usr/local/etc/privoxy/config
# Full path to PID file location. Location must be writable by
-# whoever runs this script.
-P_PIDFILE=`pwd`/privoxy.pid
+# whoever runs this script and by Privoxy itself.
+P_PIDFILE=/var/run/privoxy.pid
# If uncommented, this script will try to run as USER=privoxy, which
# may require special handling of config, *.action, trust, logfile,
# jarfile, and pidfile.
# If a privoxy user is specified, lets try that. /bin/sh does not seem to
# know about $UID.
-if [ "$USER" = "root" ] && [ -n "$P_USER" ] && id $P_USER >/dev/null; then
- P_OWNER=$P_USER
-else
- P_OWNER=$USER
+if [ 0 = `id -u` ]; then
+ if [ -n "$P_USER" ]; then
+ id $P_USER 2>/dev/null >/dev/null
+ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+ P_USER_SETTINGS="--user $P_USER"
+ else
+ echo "User $P_USER doesn't exist, exiting."
+ exit 1
+ fi
+ else
+ # The user has sufficient rights, but $P_USER isn't set
+ echo "Running Privoxy as root is not recommended!"
+ P_USER_SETTINGS=""
+ fi
+else
+ # The user has insufficient rights to run Privoxy as $P_USER
+ # and may not be able to write or delete the PID file.
+ echo "You aren't root, expect trouble!"
+ P_USER_SETTINGS=""
fi
if [ ! -f $P_CONF_FILE ]; then
fi
fi
- $P_DAEMON --pidfile $P_PIDFILE --user $P_OWNER $P_CONF_FILE 2>/dev/null
+ $P_DAEMON --pidfile $P_PIDFILE $P_USER_SETTINGS $P_CONF_FILE 2>/dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Starting $P_NAME, OK."
stop)
test ! -f $P_PIDFILE && echo "No $P_PIDFILE file found, exiting." && exit 1
- kill `cat $P_PIDFILE` &&\
+ kill `cat $P_PIDFILE` && rm -f $P_PIDFILE && \
echo "Stopping $P_NAME, OK." || echo "Stopping $P_NAME, failed."
;;