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<h1 class="SECT1"><a name="STARTUP" id="STARTUP">5. Starting
Privoxy</a></h1>
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<p>Before launching <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> for the
first time, you will want to configure your browser(s) to use
<span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)
address, and port 8118 (earlier versions used port 8000). This is the one
configuration step <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">that must
be done</i></span>!</p>
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<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>
-
<div class="FIGURE">
- <a name="AEN905" id="AEN905"></a>
-
+ <a name="AEN712" id="AEN712"></a>
<p><b>Figure 2. Proxy Configuration Showing Mozilla/Netscape HTTP and
HTTPS (SSL) Settings</b></p>
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<div class="MEDIAOBJECT">
<p><img src="proxy_setup.jpg"></p>
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<p>With <span class="APPLICATION">Firefox</span>, this is typically set
under:</p>
-
<p class="LITERALLAYOUT"> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Tools</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Options</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Network</span> -><span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Connection</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Settings</span><br></p>
-
<p>Or optionally on some platforms:</p>
-
<p class="LITERALLAYOUT"> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Edit</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Preferences</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">General</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Connection Settings</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Manual Proxy Configuration</span><br></p>
-
<p>With <span class="APPLICATION">Netscape</span> (and <span class=
"APPLICATION">Mozilla</span>), this can be set under:</p>
-
<p class="LITERALLAYOUT"> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Edit</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Preferences</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Advanced</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Proxies</span> -> <span class="GUIBUTTON">HTTP
Proxy</span><br></p>
-
<p>For <span class="APPLICATION">Internet Explorer v.5-7</span>:</p>
-
<p class="LITERALLAYOUT"> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Tools</span> -> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Internet
Options</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">Connections</span> -> <span class=
"GUIBUTTON">LAN Settings</span></p>
-
<p>Then, check <span class="QUOTE">"Use Proxy"</span> and fill in the
appropriate info (Address: 127.0.0.1, Port: 8118). Include HTTPS (SSL),
if you want HTTPS proxy support too (sometimes labeled <span class=
"QUOTE">"Use the same proxy server for all protocols"</span> is
<span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">UNCHECKED</i></span>. You want
only HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)!</p>
-
<div class="FIGURE">
- <a name="AEN950" id="AEN950"></a>
-
+ <a name="AEN757" id="AEN757"></a>
<p><b>Figure 3. Proxy Configuration Showing Internet Explorer HTTP and
HTTPS (Secure) Settings</b></p>
-
<div class="MEDIAOBJECT">
<p><img src="proxy2.jpg"></p>
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-
<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 any <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
"_top">cookies</a>, if you want <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
to manage that. You are now ready to start enjoying the benefits of using
<span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>!</p>
-
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> itself is typically started
by specifying the main configuration file to be used on the command line.
If no configuration file is specified on the command line, <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will look for a file named <tt class=
"FILENAME">config</tt> in the current directory. Except on Win32 where it
will try <tt class="FILENAME">config.txt</tt>.</p>
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-DEBIAN" id="START-DEBIAN">5.1.
Debian</a></h2>
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<p>We use a script. Note that Debian typically starts <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> upon booting per default. It will use the
file <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/privoxy/config</tt> as its main
configuration file.</p>
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- <pre class="SCREEN">
- # /etc/init.d/privoxy start
-</pre>
+ <pre class="SCREEN"> # /etc/init.d/privoxy start</pre>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-FREEBSD" id="START-FREEBSD">5.2.
+ FreeBSD and ElectroBSD</a></h2>
+ <p>To start <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> upon booting, add
+ "privoxy_enable='YES'" to <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/rc.conf</tt>.
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will use <tt class=
+ "FILENAME">/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>To start <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> manually, run:</p>
+ <table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <pre class="SCREEN"> # service privoxy onestart</pre>
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- <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-WINDOWS" id="START-WINDOWS">5.2.
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-WINDOWS" id="START-WINDOWS">5.3.
Windows</a></h2>
-
<p>Click on the <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> Icon to start
<span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>. If no configuration file is
specified on the command line, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
that Windows will automatically start <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> when the system starts if you chose that
option when installing.</p>
-
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> can run with full Windows
service functionality. On Windows only, the <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> program has two new command line arguments
"installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN">Windows Installation
instructions</a> for details.</p>
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<div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-UNICES" id="START-UNICES">5.3.
- Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</a></h2>
-
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-UNICES" id="START-UNICES">5.4. Generic
+ instructions for Unix derivates (Solaris, NetBSD, HP-UX etc.)</a></h2>
<p>Example Unix startup command:</p>
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- # /usr/sbin/privoxy /etc/privoxy/config
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+ # /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/config</pre>
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+ <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">
- <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-OS2" id="START-OS2">5.4. OS/2</a></h2>
-
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-OS2" id="START-OS2">5.5. OS/2</a></h2>
<p>During installation, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is
configured to start automatically when the system restarts. You can
start it manually by double-clicking on the <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> icon in the <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> folder.</p>
</div>
-
<div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-MACOSX" id="START-MACOSX">5.5. Mac OS
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-MACOSX" id="START-MACOSX">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>
-
+ 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>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>
-
- <p>An administrator username and password must be supplied in order for
- the Privoxy Utility to perform any of the tasks.</p>
+ 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=
+ "LITERAL">/Library/StartupItems/Privoxy</tt> (on OS X 10.4
+ 'Tiger').</p>
+ <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>
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- <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="CMDOPTIONS" id="CMDOPTIONS">5.6. Command
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="CMDOPTIONS" id="CMDOPTIONS">5.7. Command
Line Options</a></h2>
-
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> may be invoked with the
following command-line options:</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">--version</i></span></p>
-
<p>Print version info and exit. Unix only.</p>
</li>
-
<li>
<p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--help</i></span></p>
-
<p>Print short usage info and exit. Unix only.</p>
</li>
-
<li>
<p><span class="emphasis"><i class=
"EMPHASIS">--no-daemon</i></span></p>
-
<p>Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group
leader, and don't detach from controlling tty. Unix only.</p>
</li>
-
<li>
<p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--pidfile
FILE</i></span></p>
-
<p>On startup, write the process ID to <span class=
"emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">FILE</i></span>. Delete the
<span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">FILE</i></span> on exit.
"emphasis"><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 class="EMPHASIS">--user
USER[.GROUP]</i></span></p>
-
<p>After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
<span class="emphasis"><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 class=
"EMPHASIS">--chroot</i></span></p>
-
<p>Before changing to the user ID given in the <span class=
"emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--user</i></span> option, chroot to
that user's home directory, i.e. make the kernel pretend to the
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to the files contained in that
hierarchy. Unix only.</p>
</li>
-
<li>
<p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--pre-chroot-nslookup
hostname</i></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 the number of files that must be copied into the chroot
- tree.</p>
-
+ <p>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>For fastest startup speed, a good value is a hostname that is
not in /etc/hosts but that your local name server (listed in
/etc/resolv.conf) can resolve without recursion (that is, without
but if it doesn't, an error message (which can be ignored) will be
output.</p>
</li>
-
<li>
<p><span class="emphasis"><i class=
"EMPHASIS">configfile</i></span></p>
-
<p>If no <span class="emphasis"><i class=
"EMPHASIS">configfile</i></span> is included on the command line,
<span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will look for a file named
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will fail to start.</p>
</li>
</ul>
-
<p>On <span class="APPLICATION">MS Windows</span> only there are two
additional command-line options to allow <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to install and run as a <span class=
section</a> for details.</p>
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