Starting privoxy at startup

[Pete Slagle]

Oliver Iberien wrote:

> I can start privoxy manually with
> /usr/local/sbin/privoxy /usr/local/etc/privoxy/config
> 
> I added this to /etc/rc.conf:
> privoxy_enable="YES"
> privoxy_flags="/usr/local/etc/privoxy/config"
> 
> but that does not seem to do it. I tried putting a link in /etc/rc.d/ to the 
> privoxy.sh in /usr/local/etc/rc.d, but that didn't do it, either. How do I 
> get it to start?

When I installed privoxy from ports a shell script was placed in 
/usr/local/etc/rc.d, which does the job.  Mine is mode 555.  I'll e-mail 
you a copy if you want. I wouldn't link from /etc/rc.d -- bad mojo.

I put the following two variables in /etc/rc.conf, and privoxy finds 
it's configuration files in the directory /usr/local/etc/privoxy/ 
without any help. There is more than one configuration file, and they 
are substantially self documenting.

   privoxy_enable="YES"
   privoxy_flags="-- user privoxy"