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-NAME="STARTUP">5. Starting <SPAN
+NAME="STARTUP"
+>5. Starting <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
+></A
></H1
><P
> Before launching <SPAN
127.0.0.1 (or localhost) for the proxy address, and port 8118 (earlier versions
used port 8000). This is the one configuration step that must be done!</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
> <DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><A
-NAME="AEN404"><P
+NAME="AEN425"
+></A
+><P
><B
>Figure 2. Proxy Configuration (Mozilla)</B
></P
CLASS="MEDIAOBJECT"
><P
><IMG
-SRC="../images/proxy_setup.jpg"></P
+SRC="../images/proxy_setup.jpg"
+ALT="[ Screenshot of Mozilla Proxy Configuration ]"
+></IMG
+></P
></DIV
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>
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="START-REDHAT">5.1. Red Hat and Conectiva</H2
+NAME="START-REDHAT"
+>5.1. Red Hat and Conectiva</A
+></H2
><P
> We use a script. Note that Red Hat does not start Privoxy upon booting per
default. It will use the file <TT
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="START-DEBIAN">5.2. Debian</H2
+NAME="START-DEBIAN"
+>5.2. Debian</A
+></H2
><P
> We use a script. Note that Debian starts Privoxy upon booting per
default. It will use the file
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="START-SUSE">5.3. SuSE</H2
+NAME="START-SUSE"
+>5.3. SuSE</A
+></H2
><P
>We use a script. It will use the file <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="START-WINDOWS">5.4. Windows</H2
+NAME="START-WINDOWS"
+>5.4. Windows</A
+></H2
><P
>Click on the Privoxy Icon to start Privoxy. If no configuration file is
specified on the command line, <SPAN
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="START-UNICES">5.5. Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</H2
+NAME="START-UNICES"
+>5.5. Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</A
+></H2
><P
>Example Unix startup command:</P
><P
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="START-OS2">5.6. OS/2</H2
+NAME="START-OS2"
+>5.6. OS/2</A
+></H2
><P
> During installation, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="START-MACOSX">5.7. MAX OSX</H2
+NAME="START-MACOSX"
+>5.7. Mac OSX</A
+></H2
><P
> During installation, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> is configured to
- start automatically when the system restarts. You can start it manually
- through the Terminal with these commands:</P
+ start automatically when the system restarts. To run Privoxy by hand,
+ double-click on the <TT
+CLASS="LITERAL"
+>RunPrivoxy.command</TT
+> icon in the
+ <TT
+CLASS="LITERAL"
+>/Library/Privoxy</TT
+> folder. Or, type this command
+ in the Terminal:</P
><P
> <TABLE
BORDER="0"
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="SCREEN"
-> cd /Applications/Privoxy.app
- ./privoxy</PRE
+> /Library/Privoxy/RunPrivoxy.command
+ </PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></P
+><P
+> If you are not logged in as an administrator, you will be asked for the
+ administrator password when starting <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+ by hand.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="START-AMIGAOS">5.8. AmigaOS</H2
+NAME="START-AMIGAOS"
+>5.8. AmigaOS</A
+></H2
><P
> Start <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="CMDOPTIONS">5.9. Command Line Options</H2
+NAME="CMDOPTIONS"
+>5.9. Command Line Options</A
+></H2
><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><UL
><LI
><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+> <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>--version</I
-></SPAN
>
</P
><P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+> <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>--help</I
-></SPAN
>
</P
><P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+> <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>--no-daemon</I
-></SPAN
>
</P
><P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+> <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>--pidfile FILE</I
-></SPAN
>
</P
><P
-> On startup, write the process ID to <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+> On startup, write the process ID to <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>FILE</I
-></SPAN
>. Delete the
- <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+ <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>FILE</I
-></SPAN
> on exit. Failure to create or delete the
- <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+ <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>FILE</I
-></SPAN
-> is non-fatal. If no <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+> is non-fatal. If no <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
+> <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
+ <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
+> <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>configfile</I
-></SPAN
>
</P
><P
-> If no <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+> If no <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>configfile</I
-></SPAN
> is included on the command line,
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