[Privoxy-users] Mac version 3.0.26 (stable) question

Sun Nov 5 22:19:28 UTC 2017

Hi Ian,

Sorry for the late reply. Here are the answers to your questions:

- Mac OS X 10.10.5
- Settings > Users & Groups > my account listed as Admin
(I do see privoxy server as Sharing Only)

Code I'm trying to add:
{+block{link assistant.} +handle-as-empty-document}

www.link-assistant.com

208.115.108.42

link-assistant.com

.link-assistant.com

I'm very hopeful you can help me get this figured out.

Thanks again so much.
Thomas

On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Ian Silvester <iansilvester at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
>
> What version of macOS do you have, could you confirm how you know your
> account has admin rights, and could you paste into your reply the
> snippet of code you'd like to add to user.action?
> Do not uninstall/reinstall at this point, it will not help solve
> your issue.
> Ian
>
> My PGP public key[1]
>
>
> On Sun, 5 Nov 2017, at 11:08, Thomas Cha wrote:
> > Hi Ian,
> >
> > Writing back to you much earlier than I thought.
> >
> > I tried adding the code to the user.action file and ran into a
> > permission problem. Then same thing with the config file. Here's the
> > message I'm getting in both cases:>
> > You don't own the file "config" and don't have permission to
> > write to it.> You can duplicate this document and edit the duplicate.
> Only the
> > duplicate will include your changes.> [Cancel] [Duplicate]
> >
> > What do I do? Make the duplicate and rename it to the original
> > file name?>
> > I tried right clicking on the files to change the permission from
> > there to be able to read & write but that didn't seem to help. My
> > account has the admin rights.>
> > Thanks.
> > Thomas
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Thomas Cha
> > <tomcha75 at gmail.com> wrote:>> Hi Ian,
> >>
> >> Thanks so much for your reply. I'm going to have to r-read it several
> >> times to digest what you're saying, but I think I understand.>>
> >> And I have been given a snippet of code to copy and paste to the
> >> bottom of the file so I should be ok, or I hope so.>> If all else
> fails, then I will just delete and reinstall and try the
> >> online method you prescribed.>>
> >> Thanks again so much for your taking the time to reply. Really
> >> appreciate the help.>>
> >>
> >> Thomas
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Ian Silvester
> >> <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote:>>> Hi Thomas,
> >>>
> >>>  All the configuration files are located at /usr/local/etc/privoxy.
> >>>  macOS>>>  hides the /usr folder from Finder however, so to get there
> from
> >>>  Finder>>>  you'll need to type Cmd-Shift-G and type /usr in the box
> that
> >>>  shows, the>>>  navigate down through the folders. So long as your
> macOS
> >>>  account has>>>  admin rights you'll be able to edit Privoxy's
> configuration
> >>>  files in a>>>  text editor.
> >>>
> >>>  That said, if you're new to Privoxy, you might be best off adding
> >>>  rules>>>  to user.action via the web UI, since it will handle getting
> the
> >>>  syntax>>>  right for you. To enable that, edit the file config (at
> the path I>>>  listed above) and change the value of setting
> enable-edit-actions
> >>>  to 1.>>>  From then on, you can browse to http://p.p in your web
> browser
> >>>  to edit>>>  your rules.
> >>>
> >>>  Hope that helps,
> >>>
> >>>  Ian
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  My PGP public
> >>>  key[http://diem.serveftp.net:8080/IanSilvesterPGPPublicKey.asc]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, 5 Nov 2017, at 02:48, Thomas Cha wrote:
> >>>  > I'm completely new and don't know if this is the right place to
> >>>  > ask.>>>  > (sorry
> >>>  > if it's not and please let me know where)
> >>>  >
> >>>  > Downloaded the Mac OS X version 3.0.26 from
> >>>  > https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/files/
> Macintosh%20%28OS%20X%29/3.0.26%20%28stable%29/I>>>  > downloaded the
> Privoxy 3.0.26 65 bit.pkg then ran and installed
> >>>  > it.>>>  >
> >>>  > For something I need to do, it's telling me to go to the
> Privoxy>>>  > installation directory (I found the folder in the Applications
> >>>  > folder)>>>  > and
> >>>  > add some lines to the end of the user.action file. But I can't
> >>>  > seem to>>>  > find
> >>>  > this file anywhere.
> >>>  >
> >>>  > Where do I look to find it?
> >>>  >
> >>>  > I saw it in a version recommended at the top of the list (by
> >>>  > clicking on>>>  > the link "Download privoxy-3.0.24-stable-src.tar.gz
> (1.7 MB)")
> >>>  > and found>>>  > the user.action file but couldn't install it. I'm
> guessing that
> >>>  > was for>>>  > Windows and not for Mac...
> >>>  >
> >>>  > Where I do find the right file? Or if I have the right file, then
> >>>  > where>>>  > do
> >>>  > I find the user.action after having installed it?
> >>>  >
> >>>  > Thanks.
> >>>  > Thomas
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