[Privoxy-users] Mac version 3.0.26 (stable) question
Thomas Cha
tomcha75 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 6 20:24:23 UTC 2017
Hi Ian,
Thanks so much for that. The nano editor seems to have done the trick. I
checked back at the file from the finder and the file using the TextEdit
and it seems to have added the lines!
I appreciate your help so much with this.
Just as a quick side add-on, does the Privoxy run if I click on the
startPrivoxy.sh file? Or do I have to go into the terminal and use the
sudo command each time?
Thanks.
Thomas
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 2:20 PM, Ian Silvester <iansilvester at fastmail.fm>
wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> user.action is world writable so I don't know why OS X is having a problem
> in letting you edit it. In Terminal, try using the built-in text editor
> (called nano) as follows:
>
> cd /usr/local/etc/privoxy
>
> nano user.action
>
> Google can tell you how to use the nano editor. Insert the entry you wish
> then save. If you still cannot do so, exit then try:
>
> sudo nano user.action
>
> You will be prompted for your login password this time - so long as it is
> accepted you should not have trouble editing the file and saving.
>
> Ian
>
>
>
> My PGP public key
> <http://diem.serveftp.net:8080/IanSilvesterPGPPublicKey.asc>
>
>
> On Mon, 6 Nov 2017, at 13:23, Thomas Cha wrote:
>
> Hi Ian,
>
> Here's what I'm getting.
>
> total 808
> 90226243 drwxr-xr-x 21 root 714 5 Nov 02:46 .
> 90226242 drwxr-xr-x 3 root 102 25 Oct 2016 ..
> 90226422 -rw-rw-r-- 1 _privoxy 68280 30 Oct 17:32 config
> 90536456 -rw-rw-r-- 1 _privoxy 62324 5 Nov 02:46 config.new
> 90228241 -rw-r--r-- 1 _privoxy 68280 5 Nov 02:46 config.old
> 90536453 -rw-rw-r-- 1 _privoxy 91347 5 Nov 02:46 default.action
> 90536454 -rw-rw-r-- 1 _privoxy 40438 5 Nov 02:46 default.filter
> 90226421 -rw-rw-r-- 1 _privoxy 667 30 Oct 17:32 match-all.action
> 90536455 -rw-rw-r-- 1 _privoxy 627 5 Nov 02:46 match-all.action.new
> 90228243 -rw-r--r-- 1 _privoxy 667 5 Nov 02:46 match-all.action.old
> 90226244 drwxr-xr-x 78 root 2652 5 Nov 02:46 templates
> 90228247 drwxr-xr-x 41 _privoxy 1394 30 Oct 18:07 templates.old
> 90226423 -rw-rw-r-- 1 _privoxy 3761 30 Oct 17:32 trust
> 90536457 -rw-rw-r-- 1 _privoxy 3761 5 Nov 02:46 trust.new
> 90228244 -rw-r--r-- 1 _privoxy 3761 5 Nov 02:46 trust.old
> 90226424 -rw-rw-rw- 1 _privoxy 8794 30 Oct 17:32 user.action
> 90536458 -rw-rw-r-- 1 _privoxy 8794 5 Nov 02:46 user.action.new
> 90228245 -rw-r--r-- 1 _privoxy 8794 5 Nov 02:46 user.action.old
> 90226425 -rw-rw-r-- 1 _privoxy 3357 30 Oct 17:32 user.filter
> 90536459 -rw-rw-r-- 1 _privoxy 3334 5 Nov 02:46 user.filter.new
> 90228246 -rw-r--r-- 1 _privoxy 3357 5 Nov 02:46 user.filter.old
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 1:07 PM, Ian Silvester <iansilvester at fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Since OS X is refusing to elevate your privileges we'll need to look into
> this. Please open Terminal and execute the following commands:
>
> cd /usr/local/etc/privoxy
>
> ls -alio
>
>
> Then please send back a cut/paste of the output of the second command.
>
>
>
>
> My PGP public key
> <http://diem.serveftp.net:8080/IanSilvesterPGPPublicKey.asc>
>
>
> On Sun, 5 Nov 2017, at 17:19, Thomas Cha wrote:
>
> 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%2
> 8OS%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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