X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsource%2Fp-config.sgml;h=1ae21de644cd21bb1f9fbd7710c64ee34ddae672;hb=21a2acc10c95913f50d72aa70815254a9a7702ef;hp=380ae510ace91acc5b2b38daa77b3a6587aa42e9;hpb=08ca69772a966f4315f5c8fd43dfd34c3def1965;p=privoxy.git diff --git a/doc/source/p-config.sgml b/doc/source/p-config.sgml index 380ae510..1ae21de6 100644 --- a/doc/source/p-config.sgml +++ b/doc/source/p-config.sgml @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Purpose : Used with other docs and files only. - $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.106 2014/06/02 06:22:22 fabiankeil Exp $ + $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.112 2014/11/28 14:26:35 fabiankeil Exp $ Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/ See LICENSE. @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Sample Configuration File for Privoxy &p-version; - $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.106 2014/06/02 06:22:22 fabiankeil Exp $ + $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.112 2014/11/28 14:26:35 fabiankeil Exp $ Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/ @@ -743,13 +743,6 @@ actionsfile Actions files contain all the per site and per URL configuration for ad blocking, cookie management, privacy considerations, etc. - There is no point in using Privoxy without at - least one actions file. - - - Note that since Privoxy 3.0.7, the complete filename, including the .action - extension has to be specified. The syntax change was necessary to be consistent - with the other file options and to allow previously forbidden characters. @@ -886,22 +879,22 @@ actionsfile Depending on the debug options below, the logfile may be a privacy risk if third parties can get access to it. As most users will never look - at it, Privoxy 3.0.7 and later only log fatal - errors by default. + at it, Privoxy only logs fatal errors by default. For most troubleshooting purposes, you will have to change that, please refer to the debugging section for details. - - Your logfile will grow indefinitely, and you will probably want to - periodically remove it. On Unix systems, you can do this with a cron job - (see man cron). - Any log files must be writable by whatever user Privoxy is being run as (on Unix, default user id is privoxy). + + To prevent the logfile from growing indefinitely, it is recommended to + periodically rotate or shorten it. Many operating systems support log + rotation out of the box, some require additional software to do it. + For details, please refer to the documentation for your operating system. + @@ -1072,12 +1065,6 @@ actionsfile so that you will notice when things go wrong. The other levels are probably only of interest if you are hunting down a specific problem. They can produce a hell of an output (especially 16). - - - - &my-app; used to ship with the debug levels recommended above enabled by - default, but due to privacy concerns 3.0.7 and later are configured to - only log fatal errors. If you are used to the more verbose settings, simply enable the debug lines @@ -2237,8 +2224,13 @@ forward-socks4, forward-socks4a, forward-socks5 and forward-socks5t forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 . - - + + Note that if you got Tor through one of the bundles, you may + have to change the port from 9050 to 9150 (or even another one). + For details, please check the documentation on the + Tor website. + + The public Tor network can't be used to reach your local network, if you need to access local servers you therefore might want to make some exceptions: @@ -3150,9 +3142,7 @@ forward-socks4, forward-socks4a, forward-socks5 and forward-socks5t This directive was added as a work-around for Firefox bug 492459: - - Websites are no longer rendered if SSL requests for JavaScripts are blocked by a proxy. - + Websites are no longer rendered if SSL requests for JavaScripts are blocked by a proxy. (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492459), the bug has been fixed for quite some time, but this directive is also useful