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+ <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="STARTUP" id="STARTUP">5. Starting
+ Privoxy</a></h1>
+
+ <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)
+ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server" target=
+ "_top">proxy</a>. The default is 127.0.0.1 (or localhost) for the proxy
+ 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>
+
+ <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="AEN909" id="AEN909"></a>
+
+ <p><b>Figure 2. Proxy Configuration Showing Mozilla/Netscape HTTP and
+ HTTPS (SSL) Settings</b></p>
+
+ <div class="MEDIAOBJECT">
+ <p><img src="proxy_setup.jpg"></p>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+ <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">Advanced</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">"Secure"</span>). Make sure any checkboxes like <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="AEN954" id="AEN954"></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>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+
+ <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>
+
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-DEBIAN" id="START-DEBIAN">5.1.
+ Debian</a></h2>
+
+ <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>
+
+ <table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <pre class="SCREEN">
+ # /etc/init.d/privoxy start
+</pre>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-WINDOWS" id="START-WINDOWS">5.2.
+ 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>
+ will look for a file named <tt class="FILENAME">config.txt</tt>. Note
+ 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
+ to install and uninstall <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a
+ service. See the <a href=
+ "installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN">Windows Installation
+ instructions</a> for details.</p>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-UNICES" id="START-UNICES">5.3.
+ Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</a></h2>
+
+ <p>Example Unix startup command:</p>
+
+ <table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%">
+ <tr>
+ <td>
+ <pre class="SCREEN">
+ # /usr/sbin/privoxy /etc/privoxy/config
+</pre>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="START-OS2" id="START-OS2">5.4. 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
+ 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>
+
+ <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="CMDOPTIONS" id="CMDOPTIONS">5.6. 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.
+ Failure to create or delete the <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">FILE</i></span> is non-fatal. If no <span class=
+ "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
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> 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> 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>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
+ having to ask any other name servers). The hostname need not exist,
+ 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
+ <span class="QUOTE">"config"</span> 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, <span class=
+ "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=
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">service</i></span>. See the <a href=
+ "installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN">Window Installation
+ section</a> for details.</p>
+ </div>
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