Re: Several questions concerning Polipo

Hi, and thanks for your reply.

> Elliott, have you noticed that Polipo comes with a friendly manual?

I have. :) However, unfortunately, I couldn't find the answers to my
questions in there.

> I've been experiencing a couple of problems with the web interface.
> After logging in and attempting to view an index of the cache, I get a
> 403 error. Is tis a known problem, and is there a way around it?

> Set disableLocalInterface to false.

I've tried that, however I still get the same error.

> I also noticed several buttons on the Status page (reload forbidden
> list, etc). I'm assuming this button simply reloads the list of
> forbidden URLs so that Polipo doesn't entirely have to be restarted?

> Yes.

Thanks for confirming.

> Again, concerning the web interface, I've tried to disable it by using
> the "disableLocalInterface = true" peramitor in my config file.
> However, I can still log in. Am I going about disabling it the wrong
> way?

> Yes, disableLocalInterface is for the "config?" page.  In order to
>disable the local web server, set localDocumentTree="".

Thanks for that. Although, what's the difference between the config
page and the main server? Surely there's no point in accessing the web
server without the config page?

> Finally, I'm using the "authCredentials" variable. From what I can
> tell, this means that only a correct combination of username/password
> will allow a user to login to the web interface, is this correct?

> No, it mediates access to the proxy.

If this is set, though, is it correct that you can only access the web
interface by using one of the username:password combinations stored in
the config file?

Thanks.


Elliott.

On 13/12/2011, Juliusz Chroboczek <[email protected]> wrote:
> Elliott, have you noticed that Polipo comes with a friendly manual?
>
>> I've been experiencing a couple of problems with the web interface.
>> After logging in and attempting to view an index of the cache, I get a
>> 403 error. Is tis a known problem, and is there a way around it?
>
> Set disableLocalInterface to false.
>
>> I also noticed several buttons on the Status page (reload forbidden
>> list, etc). I'm assuming this button simply reloads the list of
>> forbidden URLs so that Polipo doesn't entirely have to be restarted?
>
> Yes.
>
>> Again, concerning the web interface, I've tried to disable it by using
>> the "disableLocalInterface = true" peramitor in my config file.
>> However, I can still log in. Am I going about disabling it the wrong
>> way?
>
> Yes, disableLocalInterface is for the "config?" page.  In order to
> disable the local web server, set localDocumentTree="".
>
>> Finally, I'm using the "authCredentials" variable. From what I can
>> tell, this means that only a correct combination of username/password
>> will allow a user to login to the web interface, is this correct?
>
> No, it mediates access to the proxy.
>
> -- Juliusz
>

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