On 2015-06-06, Kailash Kalyani <listskail...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Saturday 06 June 2015 08:41 AM, Kailash Kalyani wrote: >> >> >> On Friday 05 June 2015 10:00 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: >>> On 2015-06-05, Kailash Kalyani <listskail...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Friday 05 June 2015 08:37 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: >>>>> On 2015-06-05, Kailash Kalyani <listskail...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> >>>>>> Came across privoxy and wanted to test it out so I installed it >>>>>> >>>>>> sudo apt-get install privoxy >>>>>> >>>>>> And configured my browser to use the proxy at >>>>>> 127.0.0.1 port 8118 >>>>>> >>>>>> I keep getting the error: "The proxy server is refusing connections" >>>>>> >>>>>> I checked the privoxy config file and the log file. Log file's >>>>>> empty and >>>>>> the config file has a line: >>>>>> listen-address localhost:8118 >>>>>> >>>>>> Would anyone have pointers on how to solve this? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Kailash >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Are you sure that privoxy is running? >>>>> >>>> Here's the output from ps. >>>> $ps -ax | grep privoxy >>>> 1601 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/privoxy --pidfile >>>> /var/run/privoxy.pid --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/config >>>> >>>> So, looks like it is and it's using the correct config file. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Kailash >>>> >>>> >>> Yes, it does. Does "localhost" resolve to 127.0.0.1 correctly? I would >>> be surprised if it did not, but it's worth checking. >>> >> $ ping localhost >> PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. >> 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.037 ms >> 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.059 ms >> 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.050 ms >> 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.055 ms >> >> I wonder if it's something in the config file, but I couldn't figure >> it out. >> >> > Turns out that Liam was correct about the localhost issue. privoxy was > listening on the ipv6 localhost and not the ipv4. > > A search on privoxy.org's mailing list resolved this: > http://sourceforge.net/p/ijbswa/mailman/message/30642470/ > > $sudo netstat -tunlp > > tcp6 0 0 ::1:8118 :::* LISTEN 1601/privoxy > > Went into /etc/privoxy/config and changed > listen-address localhost:8118 > to > listen-address 127.0.0.1:8118 > > And now the issue's resolved. > > Kailash
That's good news. It should also work if you approach it from the other direction, i.e., tell the browser to connect to localhost instead of 127.0.0.1. -- Liam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/slrnmn5i5q.9nu.liam.p.otoole@dipsy.tubbynet
