+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+ <title>Privoxy Man page</title>
+ <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../p_web.css">
+</head>
+<body>
+ <h2>NAME</h2>
+ <pre>
+ [<b>--pidfile</b> <i>pidfile</i> ] [<b>--pre-chroot-nslookup</b> <i>hostname</i> ] [<b>--user</b>
+ <i>user[.group]</i> ] [<b>--version</b> ] [<i>configfile</i> ]
+
+
+
+</pre>
+ <h2>OPTIONS</h2>
+ <pre>
+ <b>Privoxy</b> may be invoked with the following command line options:
+
+ <b>--chroot</b>
+ Before changing to the user ID given in the --user option,
+ chroot to that user's home directory, i.e. make the kernel
+ pretend to the <b>Privoxy</b> process that the directory tree starts
+ there. If set up carefully, this can limit the impact of
+ possible vulnerabilities in <b>Privoxy</b> to the files contained in
+ that hierarchy.
+
+ <b>--config-test</b>
+ 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.
+
+ <b>--help</b> Print brief usage info and exit.
+
+ <b>--no-daemon</b>
+ Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process
+ group leader, don't detach from controlling tty, and do all
+ logging there.
+
+ <b>--pidfile</b> <i>pidfile</i>
+ On startup, write the process ID to <i>pidfile</i>. Delete the <i>pidfile</i>
+ on exit. Failure to create or delete the <i>pidfile</i> is non-fatal.
+ If no <b>--pidfile</b> option is given, no PID file will be used.
+
+ <b>--pre-chroot-nslookup</b> <i>hostname</i>
+ Initialize the resolver library using <i>hostname</i> before
+ chroot'ing. On some systems this reduces the number of files
+ that must be copied into the chroot tree.
+
+ <b>--user</b> <i>user[.group]</i>
+ After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
+ <i>user</i> and the GID of <i>group</i>, or, if the optional <i>group</i> was not
+ given, the default group of <i>user</i>. Exit if the privileges are not
+ sufficient to do so.
+
+
+ Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 or later.
+
+ Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest
+ (SPI).
+
+ Helping hands and donations are welcome:
+
+ • https://www.privoxy.org/participate
+
+ • https://www.privoxy.org/donate
+
+
+</pre>
+ <h2>INSTALLATION AND USAGE</h2>
+ <pre>
+ Browsers can either be individually configured to use <b>Privoxy</b> as a HTTP
+ proxy (recommended), or <b>Privoxy</b> can be combined with a packet filter to
+ build an intercepting proxy (see <i>config</i>). The default setting is for
+ localhost, on port 8118 (configurable in the main config file). To
+ set the HTTP proxy in Firefox, go through: <b>Tools</b>; <b>Options</b>; <b>General</b>;
+ <b>Connection</b> <b>Settings</b>; <b>Manual</b> <b>Proxy</b> <b>Configuration</b>.
+
+ For Internet Explorer, go through: <b>Tools</b>; <b>Internet</b> <b>Properties</b>;
+ <b>Connections</b>; <b>LAN</b> <b>Settings</b>.
+
+ The Secure (SSL) Proxy should also be set to the same values, otherwise
+ https: URLs will not be proxied. Note: <b>Privoxy</b> can only proxy HTTP and
+ HTTPS traffic. Do not try it with FTP or other protocols. HTTPS
+ presents some limitations, and not all features will work with HTTPS
+ connections.
+
+ For other browsers, check the documentation.
+
+
+</pre>
+ <h2>CONFIGURATION</h2>
+ <pre>
+ <b>Privoxy</b> can be configured with the various configuration files. The
+ default configuration files are: <i>config</i>, <i>default.filter</i>, <i>default.action</i>
+ and <i>default.action</i>. <i>user.action</i> should be used for locally defined
+ exceptions to the default rules in <i>match-all.action</i> and <i>default.action</i>,
+ and <i>user.filter</i> for locally defined filters. These are well commented.
+ On Unix and Unix-like systems, these are located in <i>/etc/privoxy/</i> by
+ default.
-<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Manpage of PRIVOXY</TITLE>
-<LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="../p_doc.css"></HEAD><BODY>
-<H1>PRIVOXY</H1>
-Section: (1)<BR>Updated: 14 May 2002<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
-<HR>
-
-<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
-<H2>NAME</H2>
-
-privoxy - Privacy Enhancing Proxy
-<A NAME="lbAC"> </A>
-<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
-
-<P>
-<B>privoxy</B> [<B>--help</B>] [<B>--version</B>] [<B>--no-daemon</B>] [<B>--pidfile </B><I>pidfile</I><B></B>] [<B>--user </B><I>user[.group]</I><B></B>] [<B></B><I>configfile</I><B></B>] <B>(UNIX)</B>
-<P>
-<P>
-<B>privoxy.exe</B> [<B></B><I>configfile</I><B></B>] <B>(Windows)</B>
-<P>
-<A NAME="lbAD"> </A>
-<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
-
-<P>
-
-<B>Privoxy</B> may be invoked with the following command line
-options:
-<DL COMPACT>
-<DT><B>--help</B><DD>
-Print brief usage info and exit.
-<DT><B>--version</B><DD>
-Print version info and exit.
-<DT><B>--no-daemon</B><DD>
-Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group
-leader, don't detach from controlling tty, and do all logging there.
-<DT><B>--pidfile </B><I>pidfile</I><B></B><DD>
-On startup, write the process ID to <I>pidfile</I>.
-Delete the <I>pidfile</I> on exit.
-Failiure to create or delete the <I>pidfile</I>
-is non-fatal. If no <B>--pidfile</B> option is given, no PID file will be used.
-<DT><B>--user </B><I>user[.group]</I><B></B><DD>
-After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
-<I>user</I> and the GID of
-<I>group</I>, or, if the optional
-<I>group</I> was not given, the default group of
-<I>user</I>. Exit if the privileges are not
-sufficient to do so.
-</DL>
-<P>
-
-If the <I>configfile</I> is not specified on the command line,
-<B>Privoxy</B> will look for a file named
-<I>config</I> in the current directory (except on Win32 where
-it will try <I>config.txt</I>). If no
-<I>configfile</I> is found, <B>Privoxy</B> will
-fail to start.
-<A NAME="lbAE"> </A>
-<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
-
-<P>
-
-<B>Privoxy</B> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
-capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
-cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
-obnoxious Internet junk. <B>Privoxy</B> has a very
-flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
-tastes. <B>Privoxy</B> has application for both
-stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
-<P>
-
-<B>Privoxy</B> is based on <B>Internet
-Junkbuster</B> (tm).
-<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
-<H2>INSTALLATION AND USAGE</H2>
-
-<P>
-
-Browsers must be individually configured to use <B>Privoxy</B> as
-a HTTP proxy. The default setting is for localhost, on port 8118
-(configurable in the main config file). To set the HTTP proxy in Netscape
-and Mozilla, go through: <B>Edit</B>;
-<B>Preferences</B>; <B>Advanced</B>;
-<B>Proxies</B>; <B>Manual Proxy Configuration</B>;
-<B>View</B>.
-<P>
-
-For Internet Explorer, go through: <B>Tools</B>;
-<B>Internet Properties</B>; <B>Connections</B>;
-<B>LAN Settings</B>.
-<P>
-
-The Secure (SSL) Proxy should also be set to the same values, otherwise
-https: URLs will not be proxied.
-<P>
-
-For other browsers, check the documentation.
-<A NAME="lbAG"> </A>
-<H2>CONFIGURATION</H2>
-
-<P>
-
-<B>Privoxy</B> can be configured with the various configuration
-files. The default configuration files are: <I>config</I>,
-<I>default.filter</I>, and
-<I>default.action</I>. <I>user.action</I> should
-be used for locally defined exceptions to the default rules of
-<I>default.action</I> These are all well commented. On Unix
-and Unix-like systems, these are located in
-<I>/etc/privoxy/</I> by default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS,
-these files are in the same directory as the <B>Privoxy</B>
-executable.
-<P>
-
-The name and number of configuration files has changed from previous
-versions, and is subject to change as development progresses. In fact, the
-configuration itself is changed and much more sophisticated. See the
-user-manual for a
-complete explanation of all configuration options and general usage.
-<P>
-
-The actions list (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your
-web browser at <A HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/.">http://config.privoxy.org/.</A>
-<B>Privoxy's</B> configuration parameters can also be viewed at
-the same page. In addition, <B>Privoxy</B> can be toggled on/off.
-This is an internal page.
-<A NAME="lbAH"> </A>
-<H2>SAMPLE CONFIGURATION</H2>
-
-<P>
-
-A brief example of what a simple <I>default.action</I>
-configuration might look like:
-<P>
-<PRE>
- # Define a few useful custom aliases for later use
- {{alias}}
-
- # Useful aliases
- +crunch-cookies = +crunch-incoming-cookies +crunch-outgoing-cookies
- -crunch-cookies = -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies
- +imageblock = +block +handle-as-image
-
- # Fragile sites should have the minimum changes
- fragile = -block -deanimate-gifs -fast-redirects -filter \
- -hide-referer -prevent-cookies -kill-popups
-
- ## Turn some actions on ################################
- { \
- -add-header \
- -block \
- +deanimate-gifs{last} \
- -downgrade-http-version \
- -fast-redirects \
- +filter{html-annoyances} \
- +filter{js-annoyances} \
- +filter{content-cookies} \
- +filter{webbugs} \
- +filter{banners-by-size} \
- +hide-forwarded-for-headers \
- +hide-from-header{block} \
- +hide-referrer{forge} \
- -hide-user-agent \
- -handle-as-image \
- +set-image-blocker{pattern} \
- -limit-connect \
- +prevent-compression \
- +session-cookies-only \
- -crunch-cookies \
- -kill-popups \
- }
- / # '/' Matches *all* URL patterns
-
- # Block, and treat these URL patterns as if they were 'images'.
- # We would expect these to be ads.
- {+imageblock}
- .ad.doubleclick.net
- .a[0-9].yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
- ad.*.doubleclick.net
-
- # Block any URLs that match these patterns
- {+block}
- ad*.
- .*ads.
- banner?.
- /.*count(er)?\.(pl|cgi|exe|dll|asp|php[34]?)
- .hitbox.com
-
- # Make exceptions for these harmless ones that would be
- # caught by our +block patterns just above.
- {-block}
- adsl.
- advice.
- .*downloads.
-</PRE>
-
-<P>
-
-Then for a <I>user.action</I>, we would put local,
-narrowly defined exceptions:
-<P>
-<PRE>
- # Re-define aliases as needed here
- {{alias}}
-
- # Useful aliases
- -crunch-cookies = -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies
-
- # Set personal exceptions to the policies in default.action #######
-
- # Sites where we want persistant cookies, so allow *all* cookies
- {-crunch-cookies -session-cookies-only}
- .redhat.com
- .sun.com
- .msdn.microsoft.com
-
- # This site breaks easily.
- {-block -fast-redirects}
- .forbes.com
-</PRE>
-
-<P>
-
-See the comments in the configuration files themselves, or the
-<I>user-manual</I>
-for explanations of the above syntax, and other <B>Privoxy</B>
-configuration options.
-<A NAME="lbAI"> </A>
-<H2>FILES</H2>
-
-<P>
-<PRE>
-
- <I>/usr/sbin/privoxy</I>
- <I>/etc/privoxy/config</I>
- <I>/etc/privoxy/default.action</I>
- <I>/etc/privoxy/standard.action</I>
- <I>/etc/privoxy/user.action</I>
- <I>/etc/privoxy/default.filter</I>
- <I>/etc/privoxy/trust</I>
- <I>/etc/privoxy/templates/*</I>
- <I>/var/log/privoxy/logfile</I>
-</PRE>
-
-<P>
-
-Various other files should be included, but may vary depending on platform
-and build configuration. More documentation should be included in the local
-documentation directory.
-<A NAME="lbAJ"> </A>
-<H2>SIGNALS</H2>
-
-<P>
-
-<B>Privoxy</B> terminates on the <B>SIGINT</B>,
-<B>SIGTERM</B> and <B>SIGABRT</B> signals. Log
-rotation scripts may cause a re-opening of the logfile by sending a
-<B>SIGHUP</B> to <B>Privoxy</B>. Note that unlike
-other daemons, <B>Privoxy</B> does not need to be made aware of
-config file changes by <B>SIGHUP</B> -- it will detect them
-automatically.
-<A NAME="lbAK"> </A>
-<H2>NOTES</H2>
-
-<P>
-
-This is a beta version of <B>Privoxy</B>. Not
-all features are well tested.
-<P>
-
-Please see the <I>user-manual</I> on how to contact the
-developers for feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
-<A NAME="lbAL"> </A>
-<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
-
-<P>
-
-Other references and sites of interest to <B>Privoxy</B>
-users:
-<P>
-
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/,">http://www.privoxy.org/,</A>
-The <B>Privoxy</B> Home page.
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa,">http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa,</A>
-the Project Page for <B>Privoxy</B> on
-Sourceforge.
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://p.p/,">http://p.p/,</A> access
-<B>Privoxy</B> from your browser. Alternately,
-<A HREF="http://config.privoxy.org">http://config.privoxy.org</A>
-may work in some situations where the first does not.
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</A> to submit ``misses'' to the developers.
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html">http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html</A>
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/">http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/</A>
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://privacy.net/analyze/">http://privacy.net/analyze/</A>
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.squid-cache.org/">http://www.squid-cache.org/</A>
-<A NAME="lbAM"> </A>
-<H2>DEVELOPMENT TEAM</H2>
-
-<P>
-<PRE>
- Jon Foster
- Andreas Oesterhelt
- Stefan Waldherr
- Thomas Steudten
- Rodney Stromlund
- Rodrigo Barbosa (RPM specfiles)
- Hal Burgiss (docs)
- Alexander Lazic
- Gábor Lipták
- Guy
- Haroon Rafique
- David Schmidt (OS/2, Mac OSX ports)
- Joerg Strohmayer
- Sarantis Paskalis
-</PRE>
-
-<A NAME="lbAN"> </A>
-<H2>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</H2>
-
-<A NAME="lbAO"> </A>
-<H3>COPYRIGHT</H3>
-
-<P>
-
-Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 by Privoxy Developers <<A HREF="mailto:developers@privoxy.org">developers@privoxy.org</A>>
-<P>
-
-Some source code is based on code Copyright (C) 1997 by Anonymous Coders
-and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the <I>GNU General Public
-License</I>.
-<A NAME="lbAP"> </A>
-<H3>LICENSE</H3>
-
-<P>
-
-<B>Privoxy</B> is free software; you can
-redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
-<I>GNU General Public
-License</I>, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
-<P>
-
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-<I>GNU General Public License</I> for
-more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59
-Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-<P>
-
-You should have received a copy of the <I>GNU General Public License</I>
-along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
-Boston, MA 02111-1307
-USA
-<P>
-
-<HR>
-<A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
-<DL>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">OPTIONS</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">INSTALLATION AND USAGE</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFIGURATION</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAH">SAMPLE CONFIGURATION</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAI">FILES</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">SIGNALS</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAK">NOTES</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAL">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAM">DEVELOPMENT TEAM</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAN">COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</A><DD>
-<DL>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAO">COPYRIGHT</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAP">LICENSE</A><DD>
-</DL>
-</DL>
-<HR>
-This document was created by
-man2html,
-using the manual pages.<BR>
-Time: 00:10:58 GMT, May 15, 2002
-</BODY>
-</HTML>
+ <b>Privoxy</b> uses the concept of <b>actions</b> in order to manipulate the data
+ stream between the browser and remote sites. There are various actions
+ available with specific functions for such things as blocking web
+ sites, managing cookies, etc. These actions can be invoked individually
+ or combined, and used against individual URLs, or groups of URLs that
+ can be defined using wildcards and regular expressions. The result is
+ that the user has greatly enhanced control and freedom.
+
+ The actions list (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your web
+ browser at http://config.privoxy.org/ (assuming the configuration
+ allows it). <b>Privoxy's</b> configuration parameters can also be viewed at
+ the same page. In addition, <b>Privoxy</b> can be toggled on/off. This is an
+ <i>/etc/privoxy/templates/*</i>
+ <i>/var/log/privoxy/logfile</i>
+
+ Various other files should be included, but may vary depending on
+ platform and build configuration. Additional documentation should be
+ included in the local documentation directory.
+
+
+</pre>
+ <h2>SIGNALS</h2>
+ <pre>
+ <b>Privoxy</b> terminates on the <b>SIGINT</b> and <b>SIGTERM</b> signals. Log rotation
+ scripts may cause a re-opening of the logfile by sending a <b>SIGHUP</b> to
+ <b>Privoxy</b>. Note that unlike other daemons, <b>Privoxy</b> does not need to be
+ made aware of config file changes by <b>SIGHUP</b> -- it will detect them
+ automatically. Signals other than the ones listed above aren't
+ explicitly handled and result in the default action defined by the
+ operating system.
+
+
+</pre>
+ <h2>NOTES</h2>
+ <pre>
+ Please see the <i>User</i> <i>Manual</i> on how to contact the developers, for
+ feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
+
+
+</pre>
+ <h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
+ <pre>
+ Other references and sites of interest to <b>Privoxy</b> users:
+
+ https://www.privoxy.org/, the <b>Privoxy</b> Home page.
+
+ https://www.privoxy.org/faq/, the <b>Privoxy</b> FAQ.
+
+ https://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/, the <b>Privoxy</b> developer
+ manual.
+
+ https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/, the Project Page for <b>Privoxy</b>
+ on SourceForge.
+
+ http://config.privoxy.org/, the web-based user interface. <b>Privoxy</b> must
+ be running for this to work. Shortcut: http://p.p/
+
+ https://sourceforge.net/p/ijbswa/actionsfile-feedback/, to submit
+ ``misses'' and other configuration related suggestions to the
+ developers.
+
+
+</pre>
+ <h2>DEVELOPMENT TEAM</h2>
+ <pre>
+ Fabian Keil, lead developer
+ David Schmidt
+ Lee Rian
+ Roland Rosenfeld
+ Ian Silvester
+
+
+</pre>
+ <h2>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</h2>
+ <pre>
+
+</pre>
+ <h3>COPYRIGHT</h3>
+ <pre>
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2023 by Privoxy Developers <privoxy-
+ devel@lists.privoxy.org>
+
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ <b>Privoxy</b> is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the <i>license</i> for details.
+
+Privoxy 3.0.34 05 February 2023 <b>PRIVOXY(8)</b>
+</pre>
+</body>
+</html>