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#963 multiple user fault
privoxy 3.0.6
Windows vista home premium (all updates except KB933928)
IE 7.0 on VISTA home premium
Firewall: comodo firewall pro 3.0 (beta verion)
email: losmets@hotmail.com
when loged in as person X and then not logging of but login as a second user I get the message that privoxy is already running but I cant surf the net; screen like privoxy is not running.
If you log of first and login as a second person later there is no problem
Logged In: YES
user_id=1611181
Originator: NO
As you may know from the browser set-up you did, Privoxy uses port 8118 by default to serve requests. It does this by "listening" on the port which prevents any other process doing so. A bit like standing in a doorway, preventing anyone else passing through it.
When the second instance of Privoxy is started (with the first still running) it can't open port 8118 and, as it requires this to work, quits out with an error. As you mentioned, when the first user logs off Privoxy is closed and no longer listens on the port leaving it free for the second account's Privoxy to use.
To overcome this, for each user account's Privoxy configuration file change the port number, for instance 8118, 8119, 8120 etc. Then for each user account's browsers, set the corresponding port.
If you are using a single configuration file, i.e. in the Program Files directory, you will need to copy it for each user. A good place to put this would be in the user's Application Data directory, such as C:\Users\user name\Application Data\Privoxy\config.txt
In each config.txt change just the port number. Then amend the Startup shortcut to:
"C:\Program Files\Privoxy\privoxy.exe" "%userprofile%\Application Data\Privoxy\config.txt"
Replacing directory names if you have installed it elsewhere.
You should now be able to open multiple instances of Privoxy. If you are using logging or cookie handling you will have to amend the log and cookie jar options in the config.txt files to point to separate files as well.
Logged In: YES
user_id=875547
Originator: NO
Another option might be to run Privoxy as service.
Logged In: YES
user_id=1312539
Originator: NO
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