2010-05-11 15:01:34 +02:00
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Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for
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protecting privacy, modifying web page data, managing cookies,
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controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
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obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration
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and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes.
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Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
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networks.
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Before executing the script, you will need to create
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a privoxy user and group. To do that, run the following commands:
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2010-05-12 17:44:10 +02:00
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groupadd -g 206 privoxy
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useradd -u 206 -g 206 -c "Web Proxy" -d /dev/null -s /bin/false privoxy
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2010-05-11 15:01:34 +02:00
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To run privoxy at boot, the following code needs to
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be added to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
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2010-05-12 17:44:10 +02:00
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if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.privoxy ]; then
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/etc/rc.d/rc.privoxy start
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fi
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