#919 changes in listen-address require restart not just config rewrite

[Henning Schild]

privoxy does reconfigure itself once the config gets updated, however changes in listen-address (new entries) do not seem to work here

I am running version 3.0.26 and if a append a new listen-address line to the config, the deamon will fail to start listening on that new address, a restart will be required

As far as i tested also removing listen-addresses or chaning existing ones is not applied without a restart.

[Fabian Keil]

Thanks for the report.

I can not reproduce this with Privoxy 3.0.28 (but the relevant code should be the same as in 3.0.26).

Please reopen if you can reproduce this with a more recent Privoxy version.

[Henning Schild]

Privoxy 3.0.28 has the same issue. One simple way to reproduce on Linux:

Put this into your config

listen-address 127.0.0.1:8118
listen-address [::1]:8118

Start privoxy and use netstat to look at where is listens.

netstat -putan | grep privoxy
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:8118 0.0.0.0: LISTEN 5293/privoxy
tcp6 0 0 ::1:8118 ::: LISTEN 5293/privoxy

Change config and remove the IPv6 entry. This config file change should stop the listen without a restart ... but it does not.
Similarly adding a new listen-address entry i.e. 192.168.1.10:8118 to listen in a LAN does not apply without a restart.

[Lee]

On 8/26/19, Henning Schild hensch@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

Privoxy 3.0.28 has the same issue. One simple way to reproduce on Linux:

Put this into your config

listen-address 127.0.0.1:8118
listen-address [::1]:8118

Start privoxy and use netstat to look at where is listens.

netstat -putan | grep privoxy
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:8118 0.0.0.0: LISTEN
5293/privoxy
tcp6 0 0 ::1:8118 ::: LISTEN
5293/privoxy

Change config and remove the IPv6 entry. This config file change should stop
the listen without a restart ... but it does not.
Similarly adding a new listen-address entry i.e. 192.168.1.10:8118 to listen
in a LAN does not apply without a restart.

Where did you get privoxy from, which flavour of linux are you using
and did you check
http://config.privoxy.org/show-status
to make sure privoxy has read the new config file?

It works for me on windows (which you don't care about - i know) & debian:

$ sudo netstat -putan | grep privoxy
[sudo] password for lee:
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:8118 0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN 421/privoxy

$ !sudo
sudo netstat -putan | grep privoxy
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:8118 0.0.0.0:
LISTEN 421/privoxy
tcp6 0 0 ::1:8118 :::
LISTEN 421/privoxy

$ !sudo
sudo netstat -putan | grep privoxy
tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:8118 0.0.0.0:*
LISTEN 421/privoxy

Lee

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** [bugs:#919] changes in listen-address require restart not just config
rewrite**

Status: closed
Group: version 3.0.25
Created: Fri Jun 14, 2019 08:30 PM UTC by Henning Schild
Last Updated: Mon Aug 26, 2019 12:04 PM UTC
Owner: Fabian Keil

privoxy does reconfigure itself once the config gets updated, however
changes in listen-address (new entries) do not seem to work here

I am running version 3.0.26 and if a append a new listen-address line to the
config, the deamon will fail to start listening on that new address, a
restart will be required

As far as i tested also removing listen-addresses or chaning existing ones
is not applied without a restart.

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[Henning Schild]

In fact i could not really reproduce it myself now. Still puzzled how i ran into this in the first place. I guess that can stay closed. Thanks!

[Lee]

On 8/26/19, Henning Schild hensch@users.sourceforge.net wrote:

In fact i could not really reproduce it myself now. Still puzzled how i ran
into this in the first place.

Probably because you didn't force privoxy to re-read the config file
after it was edited. Even something simple like
curl --proxy 127.0.0.1:8118 --referer http://p.p/ http://p.p/show-status
would be enough.

Lee

I guess that can stay closed. Thanks!

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** [bugs:#919] changes in listen-address require restart not just config
rewrite**

Status: closed
Group: version 3.0.25
Created: Fri Jun 14, 2019 08:30 PM UTC by Henning Schild
Last Updated: Mon Aug 26, 2019 01:24 PM UTC
Owner: Fabian Keil

privoxy does reconfigure itself once the config gets updated, however
changes in listen-address (new entries) do not seem to work here

I am running version 3.0.26 and if a append a new listen-address line to the
config, the deamon will fail to start listening on that new address, a
restart will be required

As far as i tested also removing listen-addresses or chaning existing ones
is not applied without a restart.

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