[privoxy-users] [ ijbswa-Support Requests-3516868 ] Privoxy started but no connexion

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Support Requests item #3516868, was opened at 2012-04-11 07:53
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Category: startup
Group: 3.0.19
>Status: Pending
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Lorenzo (laspada)
Assigned to: Ian Silvester (diem)
Summary: Privoxy started but no connexion

Initial Comment:
I have privoxy starting normaly at boot (.plist in LaunchDaemon) but connexion will be refused until I restart privoxy manualy using the following command 'sudo /usr/local/sbin/privoxy /usr/local/etc/privoxy/config'.

Before using the command line, log shows: 

[...]
a3\xbf\xe2D\xad\x08\xfb\xe8Q\xcd@Oh\x05\x84\xe6\xd3\xdf\xc4\x04\x11\x84\x9c\xa4\x10zE\x801\xf9\xd8x\xacl\xce\xee\xd2A&\xa9t\x1a\xf2\x99\x91npqT\x1e\xfa\x04}\xdf\xc9\x85O8\xaa{\xcc\x0b\x11\xaa\x17\x03\x01\x00z\xe0\x80\xdd\x1ez\x13\x18\xcea\x9d\x8f}2\x11\xe4\xbe\xaa\x9a=\x83\x82[\xbe\xf3\xd4x\x17\x871R/)=\x88\x8c\x02jb\x8cQ\xa3&\x08\x9c\xb5\x7f2t\xde\x9a\x07\x1a\xb8\x17\x08\xec\xc9&X\xdd\x18\xf9\xb9\x16\xefb\xa6\xcc\x91\xa5\xf2L\xe8-\xbb8UV\x86\xb1k\xfb\x0d\x16\x19(V\xb8>\x89os)\xf3\x1aV\x08{\xb8\xb8O\xc8x\x91C\x0a[i6\x02\xbeP\xda\x9evS\xdd\xfd\xdb\x11w\xd8
127.0.0.1 - - [11/Apr/2012:16:34:28 +0200] "CONNECT phx-sync465.services.mozilla.com:443 HTTP/1.1" 200 3631
2012-04-11 16:34:28.796 00000118 Connect: The connection on server socket 6 to phx-sync465.services.mozilla.com isn't reusable. Closing. Server connection: keep-alive 0, tainted: 0, socket alive 0. Client connection: socket alive: 1. Server timeout: 5. Configuration file change detected: 0
2012-04-11 16:35:51.675 00000368 Info: exiting by signal 15 .. bye

After entering the command line in the terminal, privoxy will work as expected.

[...]
2012-04-11 16:51:41.831 00000220 Info: Loading actions file: /usr/local/etc/privoxy/user.action
2012-04-11 16:51:41.850 00000220 Connect: Initialized 100 socket slots.
2012-04-11 16:51:41.851 00000220 Info: Listening on port 8118 on IP address 127.0.0.1
2012-04-11 16:51:41.851 00000220 Connect: Listening for new connections ... 

Why is it not working at the first time? I don't understand what's in the log.

Thank you

(Mac OS X 10.7.x)

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>Comment By: Ian Silvester (diem)
Date: 2012-04-18 19:10

Message:
Hi,

Well obviously there's some interaction between your .plist and your
auto-loaded actions files. Again I'd suggest trying the .plist from the OS
X binary distribution (which I've attached), since it does a better job of
taking advantage of OS X features than the one you are currently using
(launching using the correct user and group directly rather than telling
privoxy to drop privs via a command line option, does not write pid file
(do you really need it?)). It also uses the --no-daemon option, which is
correct since you would want launchd to remain privoxy's "parent".

Finally, regarding launchctl, if the launched process terminates of it's
own volition you would need to use:

sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.privoxy.plist

first before relaunching.

Ian

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Comment By: Lorenzo (laspada)
Date: 2012-04-18 16:58

Message:
Hi,
Here is the plist file I'm using which had worked until recently on the
same version of Privoxy.
The sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.privoxy.plist says that
it is already loaded. But no connexion.
Otherwise, the command line here 'sudo /usr/local/sbin/privoxy
/usr/local/etc/privoxy/config' will start privoxy.
I'm just surprised the .plist doensn't work anymore.

Thank you for your support.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>org.privoxy.launchd.privoxy</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>/usr/local/sbin/privoxy</string>
		<string>--user</string>
		<string>privoxy</string>
		<string>--pidfile</string>
		<string>/var/run/privoxy.pid</string>
		<string>/usr/local/etc/privoxy/config</string>
	</array>
	<key>RunAtLoad</key>
	<true/>
</dict>
</plist>

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Comment By: Ian Silvester (diem)
Date: 2012-04-12 09:02

Message:
Okay, so really what you're saying is that it runs when called from the
command line, but not when run from launchd. Could you attach your launchd
plist to this ticket? I'd recommend also downloading the OS X distribution
from here, since that includes a launchd plist that works well which you
might use as a template. Finally, you could try launching Privoxy via your
launchd plist but from the command line, as follows:

launchctl load <path and name of your plist>

You'd need to do this as the user who owns the plist, so likely you'd need
to run launchctl via sudo.

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Comment By: Lorenzo (laspada)
Date: 2012-04-12 00:33

Message:
Hi,
thank you for your support.

I have installed Privoxy from source as usual and it used to work fine.
I have this problem since I added a few action files, which are downloaded
and installed automatically using a script. (the script download some
blacklist, convert them in .action files and add a line with the
corresponding .action file name in privoxy config).

If I remove the additional action files, Privoxy will start and load
correctly. If I run the script and have the action files installed, I have
this problem. Note that if privoxy is started manually with additional
action files installed, it will work correctly, action files will be loaded
and do their job as expected, filtering and blocking unwanted sites.

I just don't understand why Privoxy doesn't start and load at first stand
when additional action files are installed.
Is there anything I can try to fix? Maybe a shell scipt with the command
line loading at boot might just start Privoxy, but I would rather stay with
the .plist.

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Comment By: Ian Silvester (diem)
Date: 2012-04-11 19:05

Message:
Hi,

If you restart it using the supplied script (in /Applications/Privoxy) run
as sudo does it work correctly?

Also, do you have the most recent installer - a couple of bugs have been
fixed along the way.

Cheers,

Ian

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