Re: [privoxy-users] MacPorts Privoxy on Snow Leopard

[Fabian K. <fk...@fa...>]

Bill K <bil...@wa...> wrote:

> I know Mac OSX is unsupported here; nonetheless am hoping some 
> list readers may be willing/able to enlighten:
> 
> I created a privoxy user account, thinking it necessary, prior 
> to installing 3.0.16 via MacPorts. However, the installation 
> repeatedly failed on an unspecified name incompatibility -- so I 
> deleted and installed without same.

I'm not familiar with MacPorts but if the installation
required a privoxy user account I would expect the account
to get created automatically.
 
> Result is that Privoxy loads and runs, is available to all user 
> accounts, is intercepting and managing browser communication, 
> and is imposing default canned actions -- all as it should.
> 
> BUT:
>      • Now there is -no- Privoxy user account. (I thought such 
> account was required for operation.)

Privoxy itself does not require its own user account,
but using one is recommended.
 
>      • So there is no entry in OSX System Preferences >> 
> Accounts >> Login Items to cause Privoxy to open, yet it does 
> open automatically. How to start/stop Privoxy when necessary?

I'd expect the MacPorts to provide a script that starts
and stops Privoxy automatically but can also be used manually.

Of course you can always start and stop Privoxy manually
from the command line without a script as well.

>      • There was a "Privoxy Utility" for Start/Stop -- not now 
> provided by MacPorts. Is it still OK to use? If so, is the 
> version 1.2 of July 2008 (in an old archive) still current?

If it still works for you and you find it useful, there's no reason
not to use it. It hasn't been updated for quite some time, so
1.2 from 2008 seems to be the latest version indeed.

Fabian