- <div class="SECT1">
- <h1 class="SECT1">
- <a name="STARTUP">5. Starting Privoxy</a>
- </h1>
- <p>
- Before launching <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> for the
- first time, you will want to configure your browser(s) to use <span
- class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a HTTP and HTTPS (SSL) <a href=
- "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server" target="_top">proxy</a>.
- The default is 127.0.0.1 (or localhost) for the proxy address, and
- port 8118 (earlier versions used port 8000). This is the one
- configuration step <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">that
- must be done</i></span>!
- </p>
- <p>
- Please note that <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> can only
- proxy HTTP and HTTPS traffic. It will not work with FTP or other
- protocols.
- </p>
- <p>
- </p>
- <div class="FIGURE">
- <a name="AEN710"></a>
- <p>
- <b>Figure 2. Proxy Configuration Showing Mozilla/Netscape HTTP and
- HTTPS (SSL) Settings</b>
- </p>
- <div class="MEDIAOBJECT">
- <p>
- <img src="proxy_setup.jpg">
- </p>
- </div>
- </div>
-
- <p>
- With <span class="APPLICATION">Firefox</span>, this is typically set
- under:
- </p>
- <p class="LITERALLAYOUT">
- <span class="GUIBUTTON">Tools</span> -> <span
- class="GUIBUTTON">Options</span> -> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Advanced</span> -> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Network</span> -><span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Connection</span> -> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Settings</span><br>
-
- </p>
- <p>
- Or optionally on some platforms:
- </p>
- <p class="LITERALLAYOUT">
- <span class="GUIBUTTON">Edit</span> -> <span
- class="GUIBUTTON">Preferences</span> -> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">General</span> -> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Connection Settings</span> -> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Manual Proxy Configuration</span><br>
-
- </p>
- <p>
- With <span class="APPLICATION">Netscape</span> (and <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Mozilla</span>), this can be set under:
- </p>
- <p class="LITERALLAYOUT">
- <span class="GUIBUTTON">Edit</span> -> <span
- class="GUIBUTTON">Preferences</span> -> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Advanced</span> -> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Proxies</span> -> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">HTTP Proxy</span><br>
-
- </p>
- <p>
- For <span class="APPLICATION">Internet Explorer v.5-7</span>:
- </p>
- <p class="LITERALLAYOUT">
- <span class="GUIBUTTON">Tools</span> -> <span
- class="GUIBUTTON">Internet Options</span> -> <span
- class="GUIBUTTON">Connections</span> -> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">LAN Settings</span>
- </p>
- <p>
- Then, check <span class="QUOTE">"Use Proxy"</span> and fill in the
- appropriate info (Address: 127.0.0.1, Port: 8118). Include HTTPS
- (SSL), if you want HTTPS proxy support too (sometimes labeled <span
- class="QUOTE">"Secure"</span>). Make sure any checkboxes like <span
- class="QUOTE">"Use the same proxy server for all protocols"</span> is
- <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">UNCHECKED</i></span>. You
- want only HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)!
- </p>
- <p>
- </p>
- <div class="FIGURE">
- <a name="AEN755"></a>
- <p>
- <b>Figure 3. Proxy Configuration Showing Internet Explorer HTTP and
- HTTPS (Secure) Settings</b>
- </p>
- <div class="MEDIAOBJECT">
- <p>
- <img src="proxy2.jpg">
- </p>
- </div>
- </div>
-
- <p>
- After doing this, flush your browser's disk and memory caches to
- force a re-reading of all pages and to get rid of any ads that may be
- cached. Remove any <a href=
- "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
- "_top">cookies</a>, if you want <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to manage that. You are now ready to
- start enjoying the benefits of using <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>!
- </p>
- <p>
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> itself is typically started
- by specifying the main configuration file to be used on the command
- line. If no configuration file is specified on the command line,
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will look for a file named
- <tt class="FILENAME">config</tt> in the current directory. Except on
- Win32 where it will try <tt class="FILENAME">config.txt</tt>.
- </p>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="START-DEBIAN">5.1. Debian</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- We use a script. Note that Debian typically starts <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> upon booting per default. It will use
- the file <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/privoxy/config</tt> as its main
- configuration file.
- </p>
- <p>
- </p>
- <table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
- <tr>
- <td>
-<pre class="SCREEN">
- # /etc/init.d/privoxy start
-</pre>
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="START-FREEBSD">5.2. FreeBSD and ElectroBSD</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- To start <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> upon booting, add
- "privoxy_enable='YES'" to <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/rc.conf</tt>.
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will use <tt class=
- "FILENAME">/usr/local/etc/privoxy/config</tt> as its main
- configuration file.
- </p>
- <p>
- If you installed <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> into a
- jail, the paths above are relative to the jail root.
- </p>
- <p>
- To start <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> manually, run:
- </p>
- <p>
- </p>
- <table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
- <tr>
- <td>
-<pre class="SCREEN">
- # service privoxy onestart
-</pre>
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="START-WINDOWS">5.3. Windows</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- Click on the <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> Icon to start
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>. If no configuration file
- is specified on the command line, <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will look for a file named <tt class=
- "FILENAME">config.txt</tt>. Note that Windows will automatically
- start <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> when the system
- starts if you chose that option when installing.
- </p>
- <p>
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> can run with full Windows
- service functionality. On Windows only, the <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> program has two new command line
- arguments to install and uninstall <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a service. See the <a href=
- "installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN">Windows Installation
- instructions</a> for details.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="START-UNICES">5.4. Generic instructions for Unix derivates
- (Solaris, NetBSD, HP-UX etc.)</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- Example Unix startup command:
- </p>
- <p>
- </p>
- <table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
- <tr>
- <td>
-<pre class="SCREEN">
- # /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/config
-</pre>
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
-
- <p>
- Note that if you installed <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
- through a package manager, the package will probably contain a
- platform-specific script or configuration file to start <span
- class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> upon boot.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="START-OS2">5.5. OS/2</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- During installation, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is
- configured to start automatically when the system restarts. You can
- start it manually by double-clicking on the <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> icon in the <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> folder.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="START-MACOSX">5.6. Mac OS X</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- The privoxy service will automatically start after a successful
- installation (and thereafter every time your computer starts up)
- however you will need to configure your web browser(s) to use it.
- To do so, configure them to use a proxy for HTTP and HTTPS at the
- address 127.0.0.1:8118.
- </p>
- <p>
- To prevent the privoxy service from automatically starting when
- your computer starts up, remove or rename the file <tt class=
- "LITERAL">/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ijbswa.privoxy.plist</tt> (on
- OS X 10.5 and higher) or the folder named <tt class=
- "LITERAL">/Library/StartupItems/Privoxy</tt> (on OS X 10.4
- 'Tiger').
- </p>
- <p>
- To manually start or stop the privoxy service, use the scripts
- startPrivoxy.sh and stopPrivoxy.sh supplied in
- /Applications/Privoxy. They must be run from an administrator
- account, using sudo.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="CMDOPTIONS">5.7. Command Line Options</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> may be invoked with the
- following command-line options:
- </p>
- <p>
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="emphasis"><i class=
- "EMPHASIS">--config-test</i></span>
- </p>
- <p>
- Exit after loading the configuration files before binding to
- the listen address. The exit code signals whether or not the
- configuration files have been successfully loaded.
- </p>
- <p>
- If the exit code is 1, at least one of the configuration files
- is invalid, if it is 0, all the configuration files have been
- successfully loaded (but may still contain errors that can
- currently only be detected at run time).
- </p>
- <p>
- This option doesn't affect the log setting, combination with
- <span class="emphasis"><i class=
- "EMPHASIS">--no-daemon</i></span> is recommended if a
- configured log file shouldn't be used.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--version</i></span>
- </p>
- <p>
- Print version info and exit. Unix only.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--help</i></span>
- </p>
- <p>
- Print short usage info and exit. Unix only.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="emphasis"><i class=
- "EMPHASIS">--no-daemon</i></span>
- </p>
- <p>
- Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group
- leader, and don't detach from controlling tty. Unix only.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--pidfile
- FILE</i></span>
- </p>
- <p>
- On startup, write the process ID to <span class="emphasis"><i
- class="EMPHASIS">FILE</i></span>. Delete the <span class=
- "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">FILE</i></span> on exit. Failure
- to create or delete the <span class="emphasis"><i class=
- "EMPHASIS">FILE</i></span> is non-fatal. If no <span class=
- "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">FILE</i></span> option is given,
- no PID file will be used. Unix only.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--user
- USER[.GROUP]</i></span>
- </p>
- <p>
- After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
- <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">USER</i></span>, and
- if included the GID of GROUP. Exit if the privileges are not
- sufficient to do so. Unix only.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--chroot</i></span>
- </p>
- <p>
- Before changing to the user ID given in the <span class=
- "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--user</i></span> option, chroot
- to that user's home directory, i.e. make the kernel pretend to
- the <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> process that the
- directory tree starts there. If set up carefully, this can
- limit the impact of possible vulnerabilities in <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to the files contained in that
- hierarchy. Unix only.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="emphasis"><i class=
- "EMPHASIS">--pre-chroot-nslookup hostname</i></span>
- </p>
- <p>
- Specifies a hostname (for example www.privoxy.org) to look up
- before doing a chroot. On some systems, initializing the
- resolver library involves reading config files from /etc and/or
- loading additional shared libraries from /lib. On these
- systems, doing a hostname lookup before the chroot reduces the
- number of files that must be copied into the chroot tree.
- </p>
- <p>
- For fastest startup speed, a good value is a hostname that is
- not in /etc/hosts but that your local name server (listed in
- /etc/resolv.conf) can resolve without recursion (that is,
- without having to ask any other name servers). The hostname
- need not exist, but if it doesn't, an error message (which can
- be ignored) will be output.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <span class="emphasis"><i class=
- "EMPHASIS">configfile</i></span>
- </p>
- <p>
- If no <span class="emphasis"><i class=
- "EMPHASIS">configfile</i></span> is included on the command
- line, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will look for a
- file named <span class="QUOTE">"config"</span> in the current
- directory (except on Win32 where it will look for <span class=
- "QUOTE">"config.txt"</span> instead). Specify full path to
- avoid confusion. If no config file is found, <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will fail to start.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>
- On <span class="APPLICATION">MS Windows</span> only there are two
- additional command-line options to allow <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to install and run as a <span class=
- "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">service</i></span>. See the <a href=
- "installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN">Window Installation
- section</a> for details.
- </p>
- </div>
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