From dontpwnme at tutamail.com Sun Apr 26 13:22:21 2026 From: dontpwnme at tutamail.com (dontpwnme at tutamail.com) Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:22:21 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Privoxy-users] How to start Privoxy service with custom made configuration file Message-ID: I copied the default "config.new" file to a new file named "myconf". I made custom changes to the settings inside this "myconf" file. File ownership was changed to privoxy:privoxy which is aligned to all other files inside "/etc/privoxy/" directory. Then I try starting Privoxy by running: /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/myconf No error message is shown after running the above command but the Privoxy didn't start. Is Privoxy designed to be able to use the default "/etc/privoxy/config" file only? From ler762 at gmail.com Sun Apr 26 19:42:07 2026 From: ler762 at gmail.com (Lee) Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:42:07 -0400 Subject: [Privoxy-users] How to start Privoxy service with custom made configuration file In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sun, Apr 26, 2026 at 7:22?AM Jeremy via Privoxy-users wrote: > I copied the default "config.new" file to a new file named "myconf". I > made custom changes to the settings inside this "myconf" file. File > ownership was changed to privoxy:privoxy which is aligned to all other > files inside "/etc/privoxy/" directory. Then I try starting Privoxy by > running: > > /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/myconf > > No error message is shown after running the above command but the Privoxy > didn't start. > I get an error message: $ /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/my-config 2026-04-26 13:18:19.158 7f90b3a6a300 Fatal error: Cannot setgid(): Insufficient permissions. > Is Privoxy designed to be able to use the default "/etc/privoxy/config" > file only? > works for me if I start privoxy using sudo: $ sudo /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/my-config $ ps -elf | grep privoxy 5 S privoxy 16199 1 1 80 0 - 26460 - 13:18 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/my-config 0 S lee 16204 16113 0 80 0 - 1633 pipe_r 13:19 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --color=auto privoxy Something you might need to check is apparmor settings - I use a non-default log file so I had to adjust /etc/apparmor.d/usr.sbin.privoxy I also have several custom .action files -- I don't remember if the apparmor profile comes with /etc/privoxy/** r, or if I had to add it.. Regards, Lee