+ Privoxy may be invoked with the following command line options:
+
+ --chroot
+ 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 Privoxy process that the directory tree starts
+ there. If set up carefully, this can limit the impact of
+ possible vulnerabilities in Privoxy to the files contained in
+ that hierarchy.
+
+ --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.
+
+ --help Print brief usage info and exit.
+
+ --no-daemon
+ 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.
+
+ --pidfilepidfile
+ On startup, write the process ID to pidfile. Delete the pidfile
+ on exit. Failure to create or delete the pidfile is non-fatal.
+ If no --pidfile option is given, no PID file will be used.
+
+ --pre-chroot-nslookuphostname
+ Initialize the resolver library using hostname before
+ chroot'ing. On some systems this reduces the number of files
+ that must be copied into the chroot tree.
+
+ --useruser[.group]
+ After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
+ user and the GID of group, or, if the optional group was not
+ given, the default group of user. Exit if the privileges are not
+
+ individual needs and tastes. It has application for both stand-alone
+ systems and multi-user networks.
+
+ Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.
+
+ Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest
+ (SPI).
+
+ Helping hands and donations are welcome:
+
+ • https://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE
+
+ • https://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE
+
+
+
+
+ INSTALLATION AND USAGE
+
+
+ Browsers can either be individually configured to use Privoxy as a HTTP
+ proxy (recommended), or Privoxy can be combined with a packet filter to
+ build an intercepting proxy (see config). The default setting is for
+ localhost, on port 8118 (configurable in the main config file). To
+ set the HTTP proxy in Firefox, go through: Tools; Options; General;
+ ConnectionSettings; ManualProxyConfiguration.
+
+ For Internet Explorer, go through: Tools; InternetProperties;
+ Connections; LANSettings.
+
+ The Secure (SSL) Proxy should also be set to the same values, otherwise
+ https: URLs will not be proxied. Note: Privoxy 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.
+
+
+
+
+ CONFIGURATION
+
+
+ Privoxy can be configured with the various configuration files. The
+ default configuration files are: config, default.filter, default.action
+ and default.action. user.action should be used for locally defined
+ exceptions to the default rules in match-all.action and default.action,
+ and user.filter for locally defined filters. These are well commented.
+ On Unix and Unix-like systems, these are located in /etc/privoxy/ by
+ default.
+
+ Privoxy uses the concept of actions 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
+ /etc/privoxy/user.filter
+ /etc/privoxy/trust
+ /etc/privoxy/templates/*
+ /var/log/privoxy/logfile
+
+ 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.
+
+
+
+
+ SIGNALS
+
+
+ Privoxy terminates on the SIGINT and SIGTERM signals. Log rotation
+ scripts may cause a re-opening of the logfile by sending a SIGHUP to
+ Privoxy. Note that unlike other daemons, Privoxy does not need to be
+ made aware of config file changes by SIGHUP -- 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.
+
+
+
+
+ NOTES
+
+
+ This is a beta version of Privoxy. Not all features are well tested.
+
+ Please see the UserManual on how to contact the developers, for
+ feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
+
+
+
+
+ SEE ALSO
+
+
+ Other references and sites of interest to Privoxy users:
+
+ https://www.privoxy.org/, the Privoxy Home page.
+
+ https://www.privoxy.org/faq/, the Privoxy FAQ.
+
+ https://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/, the Privoxy developer
+ manual.
+
+ https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/, the Project Page for Privoxy
+ on SourceForge.
+
+ http://config.privoxy.org/, the web-based user interface. Privoxy must
+ be running for this to work. Shortcut: http://p.p/
+
+ https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288, to submit
+ ``misses'' and other configuration related suggestions to the
+ developers.
+
+
+
+
+ DEVELOPMENT TEAM
+
+
+ Fabian Keil, lead developer
+ David Schmidt
+ Hal Burgiss
+ Lee Rian
+ Roland Rosenfeld
+ Ian Silvester
+
+ Privoxy 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 license for details.
+
+
+
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