Re: [SOLVED] Re: privoxy refusing connections?
On 2015-06-06, Kailash Kalyani <listskailash@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Saturday 06 June 2015 08:41 AM, Kailash Kalyani wrote:
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>> On Friday 05 June 2015 10:00 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>>> On 2015-06-05, Kailash Kalyani <listskailash@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Friday 05 June 2015 08:37 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>>>>> On 2015-06-05, Kailash Kalyani <listskailash@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
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>> I wonder if it's something in the config file, but I couldn't figure
>> it out.
>>
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> 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/
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> $sudo netstat -tunlp
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> tcp6 0 0 ::1:8118 :::* LISTEN 1601/privoxy
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> 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
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