- Privoxy may be invoked with the following command line options:
+
- --help Print brief usage info and exit.
+
OPTIONS
+
+ Privoxy may be invoked with the following command line options:
- --version
- Print version info and exit.
+ --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 log-
- ging there.
+ --version
+ Print version info and exit.
- --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.
+ --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 log-
+ ging there.
- --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
- sufficient to do so.
+ --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.
- --chroot
- Before changing to the user ID given in the --user option,
- chroot to that user's home directory, i.e. make the kernel pre-
- tend to the Privoxy process that the directory tree starts
- there. If set up carefully, this can limit the impact of possi-
- ble vulnerabilities in Privoxy to the files contained in that
- hierarchy.
+ --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
+ sufficient to do so.
- --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.
+ --chroot
+ Before changing to the user ID given in the --user option,
+ chroot to that user's home directory, i.e. make the kernel pre-
+ tend to the Privoxy process that the directory tree starts
+ there. If set up carefully, this can limit the impact of possi-
+ ble vulnerabilities in Privoxy to the files contained in that
+ hierarchy.
- If the configfile is not specified on the command line, Privoxy
- will look for a file named config in the current directory. If no con-
- figfile is found, Privoxy will fail to start.
+ --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.
+ If the configfile is not specified on the command line, Privoxy
+ will look for a file named config in the current directory. If no con-
+ figfile is found, Privoxy will fail to start.
-
-
DESCRIPTION
- Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities
- for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, con-
- trolling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk.
- Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit
+
-
-
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
+
DESCRIPTION
+
+ Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities
+ for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, con-
+ trolling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk.
+ Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit
+
+
+
+
+
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.
+ set the HTTP proxy in Firefox, go through: Tools; Options; General;
+ ConnectionSettings; ManualProxyConfiguration.
- For Internet Explorer, go through: Tools; InternetProperties; Connec-
- tions; LANSettings.
+ For Internet Explorer, go through: Tools; InternetProperties; Connec-
+ tions; 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
+ 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
+
+
+
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
+ 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
+ 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.
+ 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). Privoxy's configuration parameters can also be viewed at
- the same page. In addition, Privoxy can be toggled on/off. This is an
- internal page, and does not require Internet access.
-
- See the UserManual for a detailed explanation of installation, general
- usage, all configuration options, new features and notes on upgrading.
-
-
-
-
FILES
- /usr/sbin/privoxy
- /etc/privoxy/config
- /etc/privoxy/match-all.action
- /etc/privoxy/default.action
- /etc/privoxy/user.action
- /etc/privoxy/default.filter
+ browser at http://config.privoxy.org/ (assuming the configuration
+ allows it). Privoxy's configuration parameters can also be viewed at
+ the same page. In addition, Privoxy can be toggled on/off. This is an
+ internal page, and does not require Internet access.
+
+ See the UserManual for a detailed explanation of installation, general
+ usage, all configuration options, new features and notes on upgrading.
+
+
+
- This is a UNRELEASED version of Privoxy. Not all features are well
+
+
+
NOTES
+
+ This is a UNRELEASED version of Privoxy. Not all features are well
tested.
- Please see the UserManual on how to contact the developers, for fea-
- ture requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
+ Please see the UserManual on how to contact the developers, for fea-
+ ture requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
+
+
-
-
SEE ALSO
- Other references and sites of interest to Privoxy users:
+
SEE ALSO
+
+ Other references and sites of interest to Privoxy users:
- http://www.privoxy.org/, the Privoxy Home page.
+ http://www.privoxy.org/, the Privoxy Home page.
- http://www.privoxy.org/faq/, the Privoxy FAQ.
+ http://www.privoxy.org/faq/, the Privoxy FAQ.
- http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/, the Privoxy developer manual.
+ http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/, the Privoxy developer manual.
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/, the Project Page for Privoxy
+ https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/, the Project Page for Privoxy
on SourceForge.
- http://config.privoxy.org/, the web-based user interface. Privoxy must
+ 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
+ https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288, to submit
``misses'' and other configuration related suggestions to the develop-
ers.
-
-
DEVELOPMENT TEAM
- Fabian Keil, lead developer
- David Schmidt, developer
+
+
+
DEVELOPMENT TEAM
+
+ Fabian Keil, lead developer
+ David Schmidt, developer
+
+ Hal Burgiss
+ Mark Miller
+ Gerry Murphy
+ Lee Rian
+ Roland Rosenfeld
- Hal Burgiss
- Mark Miller
- Gerry Murphy
- Lee Rian
- Roland Rosenfeld
+
+ COPYRIGHT
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2011 by Privoxy Developers <ijbswa-develop-
ers@lists.sourceforge.net>
Some source code is based on code Copyright (C) 1997 by Anonymous
- Coders and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the GNUGeneralPublic
- License.
+ Coders and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the GNUGeneralPublic
+ License.
- LICENSE
- Privoxy is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the terms of the GNUGeneralPublicLicense, version 2, as pub-
+ LICENSE
+ Privoxy is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNUGeneralPublicLicense, version 2, as pub-
lished by the Free Software Foundation.
-