Added warning about sudo rm -r for Mac OSX deinstallation; moved this item to install...

[privoxy.git] / doc / source / faq.sgml

diff --git a/doc/source/faq.sgml b/doc/source/faq.sgml
index eecfa4c..a1a5c91 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/source/faq.sgml
+++ b/doc/source/faq.sgml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                 This file belongs into
                 ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/i/ij/ijbswa/htdocs/
                 
- $Id: faq.sgml,v 1.61.2.7 2002/08/02 01:46:01 david__schmidt Exp $
+ $Id: faq.sgml,v 1.61.2.8 2002/08/02 02:01:42 david__schmidt Exp $
 
  Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>
  See LICENSE.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
  </subscript>
 </pubdate>
 
-<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.61.2.7 2002/08/02 01:46:01 david__schmidt Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.61.2.8 2002/08/02 02:01:42 david__schmidt Exp $</pubdate>
 
 <!--
 
@@ -476,12 +476,37 @@ All the ads are there. What's wrong?</title>
  be that the browser is not set up correctly, or that
  <application>Privoxy</application> is not running at all. Check the <ulink
  url="../user-manual/config.html#LOGFILE">log file</ulink>.
-
-
 </para>
 
 </sect2>
 
+<!--   ~~~~~       New section      ~~~~~     -->
+<sect2 id="osxuninstall">
+<title>In Mac OSX, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to 
+ uninstall it.  Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
+ empty the trash.</title>
+ <para>
+  <application>Privoxy</application> is installed with root permissions.  
+  When you drag the Privoxy folder to the trash, the general user does not
+  have (as the Finder says) sufficient privileges to delete it.  Unfortunately,
+  the finder does not offer a way to enter the administrator password in order
+  to prove you do in fact own this computer.  To fix this situation, open the
+  Terminal application and enter the following command:
+  <literal>sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*</literal>
+  The trash may still appear full after this command; emptying the trash 
+  from the desktop should make it appear empty again.
+ </para>
+ <warning> 
+  <para>
+   Be extra-sure to enter the command <emphasis>EXACTLY</emphasis> as shown
+   above. Removing files recusively with administrator priviledges is a
+   serious business and even small typos can have devasting effects! Inserting
+   a space after <quote>Trash</quote> would e.g. <emphasis>completely wipe out
+   your harddisks</emphasis> without any further questions asked.
+  </para>
+ </warning>
+</sect2>
+
 </sect1>
 
 
@@ -1602,26 +1627,6 @@ every time I start IE. What gives?</title>
  </para>
 </sect2>
 
-
-<!--   ~~~~~       New section      ~~~~~     -->
-<sect2 id="osxuninstall">
-<title>In Mac OSX, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to 
- uninstall it.  Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
- empty the trash.</title>
- <para>
-  <application>Privoxy</application> is installed with root permissions.  
-  When you drag the Privoxy folder to the trash, the general user does not
-  have (as the Finder says) sufficient privileges to delete it.  Unfortunately,
-  the finder does not offer a way to enter the administrator password in order
-  to prove you do in fact own this computer.  To fix this situation, open the
-  Terminal application and enter the following command:
-  <literal>sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash/*</literal>
-  The trash may still appear full after this command; emptying the trash 
-  from the desktop should make it appear empty again.
- </para>
-</sect2>
-
-
 <!--   ~~~~~       New section      ~~~~~     -->
 <sect2 id="osxie">
 <title>In Mac OSX, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use 
@@ -1729,6 +1734,9 @@ FIXME: Commented out until we have something to put here. HB 03/18/02.
  Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 
 $Log: faq.sgml,v $
+Revision 1.61.2.8  2002/08/02 02:01:42  david__schmidt
+Add FAQ item for MSIE on OSX HTTP proxy confusion
+
 Revision 1.61.2.7  2002/08/02 01:46:01  david__schmidt
 Added FAQ item for Mac OSX uninstall woes