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><TR
><TD
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> as a HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)
+> as a HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)
<A
HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server"
TARGET="_top"
> Please note that <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> can only proxy HTTP and
+> can only proxy HTTP and
HTTPS traffic. It will not work with FTP or other protocols.</P
-><P
-> <DIV
+><DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><A
-NAME="AEN648"
+NAME="AEN727"
></A
><P
><B
SRC="proxy_setup.jpg"></P
></DIV
></DIV
->
- </P
><P
->
- With <SPAN
+> With <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Firefox</SPAN
>, this is typically set under:</P
> -> <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Settings</SPAN
-><br> </P
+></P
><P
->
- Or optionally on some platforms:</P
+> Or optionally on some platforms:</P
><P
CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
> <SPAN
> -> <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Manual Proxy Configuration</SPAN
-><br> </P
+></P
><P
->
- With <SPAN
+> With <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Netscape</SPAN
> (and
> -> <SPAN
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>HTTP Proxy</SPAN
-><br> </P
+></P
><P
> For <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Internet Explorer v.5-7</SPAN
->: </P
+>:</P
><P
CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
> <SPAN
>UNCHECKED</I
></SPAN
>. You want only HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)!</P
-><P
-> <DIV
+><DIV
CLASS="FIGURE"
><A
-NAME="AEN693"
+NAME="AEN771"
></A
><P
><B
SRC="proxy2.jpg"></P
></DIV
></DIV
->
- </P
><P
> After doing this, flush your browser's disk and memory caches to force a
- re-reading of all pages and to get rid of any ads that may be cached. Remove
+ re-reading of all pages and to get rid of any ads that may be cached. Remove
any <A
HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
TARGET="_top"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="START-REDHAT"
->5.1. Red Hat and Fedora</A
+NAME="START-DEBIAN"
+>5.1. Debian</A
></H2
><P
-> A default Red Hat installation may not start <SPAN
+> We use a script. Note that Debian typically starts <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> upon boot. It will use
- the file <TT
+> upon booting per
+ default. It will use the file
+ <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc/privoxy/config</TT
> as its main configuration
file.</P
-><P
-> <TABLE
-BORDER="0"
-BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
-WIDTH="100%"
-><TR
-><TD
-><PRE
-CLASS="SCREEN"
-> # /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start</PRE
-></TD
-></TR
-></TABLE
-></P
-><P
-> Or ...</P
-><P
-> <TABLE
+><TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="SCREEN"
-> # service privoxy start</PRE
+> # /etc/init.d/privoxy start</PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
-></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="START-DEBIAN"
->5.2. Debian</A
+NAME="START-FREEBSD"
+>5.2. FreeBSD and ElectroBSD</A
></H2
><P
-> We use a script. Note that Debian typically starts <SPAN
+> To start <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> upon booting per
- default. It will use the file
+> upon booting, add
+ "privoxy_enable='YES'" to <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>/etc/rc.conf</TT
+>.
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> will use
<TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/privoxy/config</TT
-> as its main configuration
- file.</P
+>/usr/local/etc/privoxy/config</TT
+> as its main
+ configuration file.</P
+><P
+> If you installed <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> into a jail, the
+ paths above are relative to the jail root.</P
><P
-> <TABLE
+> To start <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> manually, run:</P
+><TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="SCREEN"
-> # /etc/init.d/privoxy start</PRE
+> # service privoxy onestart</PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
-></P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
to install and uninstall <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> as a service. See the
+> as a service. See the
<A
HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
>Windows Installation
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="START-UNICES"
->5.4. Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</A
+>5.4. Generic instructions for Unix derivates (Solaris, NetBSD, HP-UX etc.)</A
></H2
><P
>Example Unix startup command:</P
-><P
-> <TABLE
+><TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="SCREEN"
-> # /usr/sbin/privoxy /etc/privoxy/config</PRE
+> # /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/config</PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
-></P
+><P
+> Note that if you installed <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> through
+ a package manager, the package will probably contain a platform-specific
+ script or configuration file to start <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+ upon boot.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
>5.6. Mac OS X</A
></H2
><P
-> 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.</P
-><P
-> The privoxy service will automatically start after a successful
- installation. In addition, the privoxy service will automatically
- start every time your computer starts up.</P
-><P
-> To prevent the privoxy service from automatically starting when your
- computer starts up, remove or rename the folder named
- /Library/StartupItems/Privoxy.</P
-><P
-> A simple application named Privoxy Utility has been created which
- enables administrators to easily start and stop the privoxy service.</P
-><P
-> 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.</P
+> The privoxy service will automatically start after a successful 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.</P
><P
-> An administrator username and password must be supplied in order for
- the Privoxy Utility to perform any of the tasks.</P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="SECT2"
-><H2
-CLASS="SECT2"
-><A
-NAME="START-AMIGAOS"
->5.7. AmigaOS</A
-></H2
-><P
-> Start <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> (with RUN <>NIL:) in your
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->startnet</TT
-> script (AmiTCP), in
+> To prevent the privoxy service from automatically starting when your computer
+ starts up, remove or rename the file <TT
+CLASS="LITERAL"
+>/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ijbswa.privoxy.plist</TT
+>
+ (on OS X 10.5 and higher) or the folder named
<TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->s:user-startup</TT
-> (RoadShow), as startup program in your
- startup script (Genesis), or as startup action (Miami and MiamiDx).
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> will automatically quit when you quit your
- TCP/IP stack (just ignore the harmless warning your TCP/IP stack may display that
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> is still running).</P
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="SECT2"
-><H2
-CLASS="SECT2"
-><A
-NAME="START-GENTOO"
->5.8. Gentoo</A
-></H2
-><P
-> A script is again used. It will use the file <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->/etc/privoxy/config
- </TT
-> as its main configuration file.</P
-><P
-> <TABLE
-BORDER="0"
-BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
-WIDTH="100%"
-><TR
-><TD
-><PRE
-CLASS="SCREEN"
-> /etc/init.d/privoxy start
- </PRE
-></TD
-></TR
-></TABLE
-></P
-><P
-> Note that <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> is not automatically started at
- boot time by default. You can change this with the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
->rc-update</TT
->
- command.</P
+>/Library/StartupItems/Privoxy</TT
+> (on OS X 10.4 'Tiger').</P
><P
->
- <TABLE
-BORDER="0"
-BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
-WIDTH="100%"
-><TR
-><TD
-><PRE
-CLASS="SCREEN"
-> rc-update add privoxy default
- </PRE
-></TD
-></TR
-></TABLE
-></P
+> 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.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="CMDOPTIONS"
->5.9. Command Line Options</A
+>5.7. Command Line Options</A
></H2
><P
> <SPAN
> may be invoked with the following
command-line options:</P
><P
-> <P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
+> <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>--config-test</I
+></SPAN
+>
+ </P
+><P
+> 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.
+ </P
+><P
+> 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).
+ </P
+><P
+> This option doesn't affect the log setting, combination with
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>--no-daemon</I
+></SPAN
+> is recommended if a configured
+ log file shouldn't be used.
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
> <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>--user</I
></SPAN
-> option,
+> option,
chroot to that user's home directory, i.e. make the kernel pretend to the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>
- process that the directory tree starts there. If set up carefully, this can limit
+ process that the directory tree starts there. If set up carefully, this can limit
the impact of possible vulnerabilities in <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>
</P
><P
-> 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
+> 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.
</P
><P
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>configfile</I
></SPAN
-> is included on the command line,
+> is included on the command line,
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> will look for a file named
+> will look for a file named
<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"config"</SPAN
-> in the current directory (except on Win32
+> in the current directory (except on Win32
where it will look for <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"config.txt"</SPAN
-> instead). Specify
- full path to avoid confusion. If no config file is found,
+> instead). Specify
+ full path to avoid confusion. If no config file is found,
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
</P
></LI
></UL
-></P
><P
> On <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>MS Windows</SPAN
-> only there are two additional
+> only there are two additional
command-line options to allow <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> to install and
+> to install and
run as a <SPAN
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>service</I
></SPAN
->. See the
+>. See the
<A
HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
>Window Installation section</A
->
+>
for details.</P
></DIV
></DIV
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