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diff --git a/doc/tinyproxy.conf b/doc/tinyproxy.conf index a06bd51..981cd26 100644 --- a/doc/tinyproxy.conf +++ b/doc/tinyproxy.conf @@ -3,32 +3,39 @@ ## # -# Name of the user the tinyproxy daemon should switch to after the port -# has been bound. +# User/Group: This allows you to set the username and group that will be +# used for tinyproxy after the initial binding to the port has been done +# as the root user. # -User nobody +# Please note that you may not use UID/GID's here. +# +User nobody Group nogroup # -# Port to listen on. +# Port: Specify the port which tinyproxy will listen on. Please note +# that should you choose to run on a port lower than 1024 you will need +# to start tinyproxy using root. # Port 8888 # -# If you have multiple interfaces this allows you to bind to only one. If -# this is commented out, tinyproxy will bind to all interfaces present. +# Listen: If you have multiple interfaces this allows you to bind to +# only one. If this is commented out, tinyproxy will bind to all +# interfaces present. # #Listen 192.168.0.1 # -# The Bind directive allows you to bind the outgoing connections to a -# particular IP address. +# Bind: This allows you to specify which interface will be used for +# outgoing connections. This is useful for multi-home'd machines where +# you want all traffic to appear outgoing from one particular interface. # #Bind 192.168.0.1 # -# Timeout: The number of seconds of inactivity a connection is allowed to -# have before it closed by tinyproxy. +# Timeout: The maximum number of seconds of inactivity a connection is +# allowed to have before it is closed by tinyproxy. # Timeout 600 @@ -40,11 +47,11 @@ Timeout 600 # /usr/share/tinyproxy # /etc/tinyproxy # -# ErrorFile 404 "/usr/share/tinyproxy/404.html" -# ErrorFile 400 "/usr/share/tinyproxy/400.html" -# ErrorFile 503 "/usr/share/tinyproxy/503.html" -# ErrorFile 403 "/usr/share/tinyproxy/403.html" -# ErrorFile 408 "/usr/share/tinyproxy/408.html" +#ErrorFile 404 "/usr/share/tinyproxy/404.html" +#ErrorFile 400 "/usr/share/tinyproxy/400.html" +#ErrorFile 503 "/usr/share/tinyproxy/503.html" +#ErrorFile 403 "/usr/share/tinyproxy/403.html" +#ErrorFile 408 "/usr/share/tinyproxy/408.html" # # DefaultErrorFile: The HTML file that gets sent if there is no @@ -61,13 +68,23 @@ DefaultErrorFile "/usr/share/tinyproxy/default.html" StatFile "/usr/share/tinyproxy/stats.html" # -# Where to log the information. Either LogFile or Syslog should be set, -# but not both. +# Logfile: Allows you to specify the location where information should +# be logged to. If you would prefer to log to syslog, then disable this +# and enable the Syslog directive. These directives are mutually +# exclusive. # Logfile "/var/log/tinyproxy.log" -# Syslog On # +# Syslog: Tell tinyproxy to use syslog instead of a logfile. This +# option must not be enabled if the Logfile directive is being used. +# These two directives are mutually exclusive. +# +#Syslog On + +# +# LogLevel: +# # Set the logging level. Allowed settings are: # Critical (least verbose) # Error @@ -75,9 +92,10 @@ Logfile "/var/log/tinyproxy.log" # Notice # Connect (to log connections without Info's noise) # Info (most verbose) -# The LogLevel logs from the set level and above. For example, if the LogLevel -# was set to Warning, than all log messages from Warning to Critical would be -# output, but Notice and below would be suppressed. +# +# The LogLevel logs from the set level and above. For example, if the +# LogLevel was set to Warning, than all log messages from Warning to +# Critical would be output, but Notice and below would be suppressed. # LogLevel Info @@ -88,12 +106,14 @@ LogLevel Info PidFile "/var/run/tinyproxy.pid" # -# Include the X-Tinyproxy header, which has the client's IP address when -# connecting to the sites listed. +# XTinyproxy: Include the X-Tinyproxy header, which has the client's IP +# address when connecting to the sites listed. # #XTinyproxy mydomain.com # +# Upstream: +# # Turns on upstream proxy support. # # The upstream rules allow you to selectively route upstream connections @@ -130,88 +150,93 @@ PidFile "/var/run/tinyproxy.pid" #Upstream some.remote.proxy:port # -# This is the absolute highest number of threads which will be created. In -# other words, only MaxClients number of clients can be connected at the -# same time. +# MaxClients: This is the absolute highest number of threads which will +# be created. In other words, only MaxClients number of clients can be +# connected at the same time. # MaxClients 100 # -# These settings set the upper and lower limit for the number of -# spare servers which should be available. If the number of spare servers -# falls below MinSpareServers then new ones will be created. If the number -# of servers exceeds MaxSpareServers then the extras will be killed off. +# MinSpareServers/MaxSpareServers: These settings set the upper and +# lower limit for the number of spare servers which should be available. +# +# If the number of spare servers falls below MinSpareServers then new +# server processes will be spawned. If the number of servers exceeds +# MaxSpareServers then the extras will be killed off. # MinSpareServers 5 MaxSpareServers 20 # -# Number of servers to start initially. +# StartServers: The number of servers to start initially. # StartServers 10 # -# MaxRequestsPerChild is the number of connections a thread will handle -# before it is killed. In practise this should be set to 0, which disables -# thread reaping. If you do notice problems with memory leakage, then set -# this to something like 10000 +# MaxRequestsPerChild: The number of connections a thread will handle +# before it is killed. In practise this should be set to 0, which +# disables thread reaping. If you do notice problems with memory +# leakage, then set this to something like 10000. # MaxRequestsPerChild 0 # -# The following is the authorization controls. If there are any access -# control keywords then the default action is to DENY. Otherwise, the -# default action is ALLOW. +# Allow: Customization of authorization controls. If there are any +# access control keywords then the default action is to DENY. Otherwise, +# the default action is ALLOW. # -# Also the order of the controls are important. The incoming connections -# are tested against the controls based on order. +# The order of the controls are important. All incoming connections are +# tested against the controls based on order. # Allow 127.0.0.1 Allow 192.168.1.0/25 # -# The "Via" header is required by the HTTP RFC, but using the real host name -# is a security concern. If the following directive is enabled, the string -# supplied will be used as the host name in the Via header; otherwise, the -# server's host name will be used. +# ViaProxyName: The "Via" header is required by the HTTP RFC, but using +# the real host name is a security concern. If the following directive +# is enabled, the string supplied will be used as the host name in the +# Via header; otherwise, the server's host name will be used. # ViaProxyName "tinyproxy" # -# The location of the filter file. +# Filter: This allows you to specify the location of the filter file. # #Filter "/etc/tinyproxy/filter" # -# Filter based on URLs rather than domains. +# FilterURLs: Filter based on URLs rather than domains. # #FilterURLs On # -# Use POSIX Extended regular expressions rather than basic. +# FilterExtended: Use POSIX Extended regular expressions rather than +# basic. # #FilterExtended On # -# Use case sensitive regular expressions. +# FilterCaseSensitive: Use case sensitive regular expressions. # #FilterCaseSensitive On # -# Change the default policy of the filtering system. If this directive is -# commented out, or is set to "No" then the default policy is to allow -# everything which is not specifically denied by the filter file. +# FilterDefaultDeny: Change the default policy of the filtering system. +# If this directive is commented out, or is set to "No" then the default +# policy is to allow everything which is not specifically denied by the +# filter file. # -# However, by setting this directive to "Yes" the default policy becomes to -# deny everything which is _not_ specifically allowed by the filter file. +# However, by setting this directive to "Yes" the default policy becomes +# to deny everything which is _not_ specifically allowed by the filter +# file. # #FilterDefaultDeny Yes # -# If an Anonymous keyword is present, then anonymous proxying is enabled. -# The headers listed are allowed through, while all others are denied. If -# no Anonymous keyword is present, then all header are allowed through. -# You must include quotes around the headers. +# Anonymous: If an Anonymous keyword is present, then anonymous proxying +# is enabled. The headers listed are allowed through, while all others +# are denied. If no Anonymous keyword is present, then all headers are +# allowed through. You must include quotes around the headers. # # Most sites require cookies to be enabled for them to work correctly, so # you will need to allow Cookies through if you access those sites. @@ -221,10 +246,10 @@ ViaProxyName "tinyproxy" #Anonymous "Cookie" # -# This is a list of ports allowed by tinyproxy when the CONNECT method -# is used. To disable the CONNECT method altogether, set the value to 0. -# If no ConnectPort line is found, all ports are allowed (which is not -# very secure.) +# ConnectPort: This is a list of ports allowed by tinyproxy when the +# CONNECT method is used. To disable the CONNECT method altogether, set +# the value to 0. If no ConnectPort line is found, all ports are +# allowed (which is not very secure.) # # The following two ports are used by SSL. # |