on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 10:52:36AM -0400, Scott_Patterson@AndersonsInc.com (Scott_Patterson@AndersonsInc.com) wrote: > Karsten M. Self (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > >on Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:40:32PM +0100, Ross Burton > (ross.burton@mail.com > >Is anyone familiar with a program that allows per-user, multi-client, > >blockfile settings? > > > >Junkbuster is quite effective, but only reads from a global (systemwide) > >blockfile. > > > >The banner blockers built into Mozilla, Galeon, Konqueror, et al, are > >useful, but only apply to that specific client. > > > >I'm looking for a middle ground, either a modificaton to Junkbuster that > >honors user-specific blockfiles (say ~/.junkbuster/blockfile, etc.), or > >a common API or specification format that multiple browsers will honor. > > > >Thoughts? > > How about this... > > Junkbuster runs on a port and uses a config file. With this knowledge, > you could set up a junkbuster config file for every user that needs a > special blocklist (~/.junkbuster/blockfile). From here, you start an > instance of junkbuster for user that has a unique blocklist. Perhaps > using the user ID added to 10000 for the port to run junkbuster on > would help in maintenance. > > So, I have a blockfile, ~scott/.junkbuster/blockfile, and I have a > junkbuster daemon setup to run on port 11000 (10000 + my user id of > 1000). Then, you have a blockfile, ~karsten/.junkbuster/blockfile, > and a junkbuster daemon setup to run on port 11001 (10000 + your user > id of 1001). Repeat for other users. > > I haven't tried this; but, I think it would work;) > > Oops...forgot to mention explicitly that you can specify the > blockfile/config to use for junkbuster. That's how this method would > work. I'd prefer that *one* JB daemon would run and identify requests by user, applying the appropriate per-user blockfile. This should be possible, just not sure how. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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