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protocols.</p>
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<p><b>Figure 2. Proxy Configuration Showing Mozilla/Netscape HTTP and
HTTPS (SSL) Settings</b></p>
only HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)!</p>
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<p><b>Figure 3. Proxy Configuration Showing Internet Explorer HTTP and
HTTPS (Secure) Settings</b></p>
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<div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-WINDOWS" id="START-WINDOWS">5.2.
+ <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>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <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
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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
+ # /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/config
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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>
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<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
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<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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<div class="SECT2">
- <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
<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
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