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authorRobert James Kaes <rjkaes@users.sourceforge.net>2000-09-11 23:33:37 +0000
committerRobert James Kaes <rjkaes@users.sourceforge.net>2000-09-11 23:33:37 +0000
commitad28ae027aec99ec86bcd0ea3a7386fa5098e66a (patch)
tree51d9aa16673e755076022874002636723d662a7b /doc
parent864e955bbd8336974ce89364da8174a550181955 (diff)
Since the tinyproxy program has changed, the manual had to change as well.
Documents all the command line arguments, though I think I need to document the configuration file as well.
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.\"
.\" tinyproxy.1
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 1999, Robert James Kaes, Steven Young.
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Steven Young and Robert James Kaes.
.\"
.\" This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
.\" License. See COPYING for additional information.
.\"
-.TH tinyproxy 1 "December 23, 1999" "tinyproxy" "tinyproxy Manual"
+.TH tinyproxy 1 .\" "tinyproxy Manual" v1.3.4 "August 3, 2000"
.SH NAME
-tinyproxy \- a small HTTP proxy server
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-tinyproxy [options]
+tinyproxy - A small HTTP proxy server
+.SH SYNTAX
+\fBtinyproxy\fR [ \fBoptions\fR ]
+.SH VERSION
+This man page documents tinyproxy version 1.3.4.
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B tinyproxy
-is an HTTP proxy server designed to consume a minimum of system resources.
-It listens on a given TCP port and handles HTTP proxy requests.
+\fBtinyproxy\fR is an HTTP proxy server designed to consume a minimum of
+system resources. It listens on a given TCP port and handles HTTP proxy
+requests.
.SH OPTIONS
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-a headername"
-Allow the header
-.I headername
-through to the server (anon mode only). It is highly recommended that you
-specify -a Host: and -a Authorization:, otherwise HTTP/1.1 virtual domains
-and basic authentication will fail. If anon mode is compiled into the
-program, but you do not provide a
-.I headername
-tinyproxy will run as if anon mode was not compiled in.
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-d"
-Don't daemonize; stay in the foreground.
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-f filterfile"
-Block any sites/URL which are specified in the
-.I filterfile
-The domains/URLs are specified in a flat text file with one filter per line.
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-h"
+.IP "-c config_file"
+Use an alternate configuration file.
+.IP -d
+Don't daemonize; stay in the foreground. Useful for debugging purposes.
+.IP -h
Display a short help screen of command line arguments and exit.
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-i ip_address"
-Only listen to the specific address. Useful for systems with more than one
-network connection.
-.I ip_address
-needs to be in the dotted-decimal form (e.g. 192.168.0.1)
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-l logfile"
-Log to the file
-.I logfile
-instead of the default
-.B /var/log/tinyproxy.
-The default can be changed at compile time using the
-.B "\-\-with\-log\-file"
-directive.
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-n ip_address"
-Allow access from only those hosts in the subnet.
-.I ip_address
-should be of a form xxx.xxx.xxx. like 192.168.0.
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-p port"
-Listen to
-.I port
-instead of the default
-.B 8888.
-The default can be changed at compile time by using the
-.B "\-with\-port"
-directive.
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-r"
-Restrict the log file to only logging error conditions. The hosts connecting
-and the locations being accessed are not logged.
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-s stathost"
-Set the status host to
-.I stathost
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-S"
-Log to the syslog daemon
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-t domain:port"
-If you would like to use an upstream proxy along with tinyproxy then set
-this option. The
-.I domain
-is the address of the proxy, and the
-.I port
-is the
-decimal port number. The address can be either alphanumeric, or dotted-decimal.
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-u username"
-Begin running as
-.I username
-after the port has been bound and the logfile has been opened. Only
-works if tinyproxy is being run as root. "" to disable.
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-v"
+.IP -v
Display version information and exit.
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-w loadaverage"
-Stop handling requests when the load is
-.I loadaverage
-or higher. Specifying a
-.I loadaverage
-of 0.00 will disable this feature.
-(disabled by default)
-.TP 5
-.BI "\-x domain"
-Add a
-.B XTinyproxy
-header with the peer's IP address.
-.I domain
-tells tinyproxy which domains to include the
-.B XTinyproxy
-header on. Basically, set this if you want to include the header only on
-your sites. Else, set to "" to have it sent on all connections.
.SH SIGNALS
In addition to these command line options, there are also several signals
that can be sent to tinyproxy while it is running to generate debugging
information and to force certain events.
.TP 5
-.B SIGUSR1
-Dump a summary of all current connections to the logfile.
-.TP 5
.B SIGHUP
-Force
-.B tinyproxy
-to do a garbage collection on the current connections linked list. This
-is usually done automatically after a certain number of connections have
-been handled.
+Force \fBtinyproxy\fR to do a garbage collection on the current connections
+linked list. This is usually done automatically after a certain number of
+connections have been handled.
.SH FILES
-.SM /var/log/tinyproxy.log
+.nf
+/etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf
+/var/run/tinyproxy.pid
+/var/log/tinyproxy.log
+.fi
.SH AUTHORS
+.nf
Steven Young (sdyoung@well.com)
-.PP
Robert James Kaes (rjkaes@flarenet.com)
+.fi
.SH BUGS
-For some reason, when sent SIGTERM,
-.B tinyproxy
-occasionally waits for the
-next incoming connection before exiting. We believe this bug has
-been corrected, but please e-mail the authors if you see this
-behaviour occurring.
+Due to the way the thread control is implimented, when a SIGTERM is sent
+\fBtinyproxy\fR may not instantly terminate. It will finish sometime in the
+following five seconds, but this could be problems when you need to stop and
+start \fBtinyproxy\fR quickly. If anyone knows how to fix this, please let one
+of the authors know.
.SH COPYRIGHT
-.B tinyproxy
-is distributed under the GNU Public License (GPL). For more information
-on the GPL, please see the file COPYING which should have been included in
-the archive with tinyproxy. Failing that, http://www.fsf.org/ will
-doubtless have a copy up for you to peruse. Please don't use this
-software if you don't agree to the terms specified therein.
+\fBtinyproxy\fR is distributed under the GNU Public License (GPL). For more
+information on the GPL, please see the file COPYING which should have been
+included in the archive with \fBtinyproxy\fR. Failing that,
+http://www.fsf.org/ will doubtless have a copy up for you to peruse. Please
+don't use this software if you don't agree to the terms specified therein.
.SH AVAILABILITY
-The latest version of
-.B tinyproxy
-can be acquired from:
-.PP
-http://tinyproxy.sourceforge.net/
+The latest version of \fBtinyproxy\fR can be acquired from: http://tinyproxy.sourceforge.net/