[Linux-disciples] Re: privoxy

[Adam Kessel]

On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 05:42:32PM -0700, Karl Sokol wrote:
> Thanks, privoxy is great!!!
> 
> Unfortunately, I have to make my preference selections
> with vim because when I try to adjust it through p.p I
> get "This is Privoxy 3.0.2 on debian (127.0.0.1), port
> 8118, enabled----Privoxy Configuration access denied.
> The feature you are trying to access has either been
> disabled by the Privoxy administrator, or you came
> here by following an unsafe external link."  I get
> this as root as well.  Google does not have any
> matches for this error.  
> 
> Also, Mozilla's handy "domain guessing" feature no
> longer works.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

To fix the permissions, add enable-edit-actions=1 to /etc/privoxy/config,
see below: 

(you might also want enable-remote-toggle=1)

As for domain guessing--I haven't noticed that, I guess because I've been
using privoxy for so long I didn't even remember Mozilla had domain
guessing. I'm not sure there's an easy way around that, since by using a
proxy server Mozilla no longer knows if it doesn't actually connect with
a site. I'll think about it for a solution...

#  
#  4.4. enable-edit-actions
#  ========================
#  
#  Specifies:
#  
#      Whether or not the web-based actions file editor may be used
#  
#  Type of value:
#  
#      0 or 1
#  
#  Default value:
#  
#      1
#  
#  Effect if unset:
#  
#      The web-based actions file editor is disabled.
#  
#  Notes:
#  
#      For the time being, access to the editor can not be controlled
#      separately by "ACLs" or HTTP authentication, so that everybody
#      who can access Privoxy (see "ACLs" and listen-address above)
#      can modify its configuration for all users. So this option is
#      not recommended for multi-user environments with untrusted users.
#  
#      Note that you must have compiled Privoxy with support for this
#      feature, otherwise this option has no effect.
#  
enable-edit-actions 1

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Adam Kessel
http://bostoncoop.net/adam