| Privoxy 3.0.19 User Manual | +Privoxy 3.0.25 User Manual | ||||
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- - # /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start -- |
-
Or ...
+We use a script. Note that Debian typically starts Privoxy upon booting per default. It will use the + file /etc/privoxy/config as its main + configuration file.
- # service privoxy start + # /etc/init.d/privoxy start |
- # /etc/init.d/privoxy start + # service privoxy onestart |
- # /usr/sbin/privoxy /etc/privoxy/config + # /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/config |
Note that if you installed Privoxy + through a package manager, the package will probably contain a + platform-specific script or configuration file to start Privoxy upon boot.
After downloading the privoxy software, unzip the downloaded file by - double-clicking on the zip file icon. Then, double-click on the - installer package icon and follow the installation process.
-The privoxy service will automatically start after a successful - installation. In addition, the privoxy service will automatically start - every time your computer starts up.
+ 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.To prevent the privoxy service from automatically starting when your - computer starts up, remove or rename the folder named - /Library/StartupItems/Privoxy.
- -A simple application named Privoxy Utility has been created which - enables administrators to easily start and stop the privoxy - service.
- -In addition, the Privoxy Utility presents a simple way for - administrators to edit the various privoxy config files. A method to - uninstall the software is also available.
- -An administrator username and password must be supplied in order for - the Privoxy Utility to perform any of the tasks.
-Start Privoxy (with RUN - <>NIL:) in your startnet script - (AmiTCP), in s:user-startup (RoadShow), as - startup program in your startup script (Genesis), or as startup action - (Miami and MiamiDx). Privoxy will - automatically quit when you quit your TCP/IP stack (just ignore the - harmless warning your TCP/IP stack may display that Privoxy is still running).
+ computer starts up, remove or rename the file /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ijbswa.privoxy.plist (on OS X + 10.5 and higher) or the folder named /Library/StartupItems/Privoxy (on OS X 10.4 + 'Tiger'). + +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.
A script is again used. It will use the file /etc/privoxy/config as its main configuration file.
- -
- - /etc/init.d/privoxy start - -- |
-
Note that Privoxy is not - automatically started at boot time by default. You can change this with - the rc-update command.
- -
- - rc-update add privoxy default - -- |
-
Privoxy may be invoked with the following command-line options:
--config-test
+ +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.
+ +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).
+ +This option doesn't affect the log setting, combination with + --no-daemon + is recommended if a configured log file shouldn't be used.
+--version
@@ -381,12 +345,12 @@--pre-chroot-nslookup hostname
-Specifies a hostname 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.
+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.
For fastest startup speed, a good value is a hostname that is not in /etc/hosts but that your local name server (listed in