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    • marcellocM
      marcelloc
      last edited by

      Sorry for the typo

      It's```

      ls -l /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/blacklists

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        pfsensation
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        @Mr.:

        @marcelloc:

        @Mr.:

        would you know which directories?

        run on console/ssh:

        /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/e2guardian.php fetch_blacklist
        

        Thank you Marcello.

        It downloads fine. I then do the same save/reapply/save/apply, and we get the same errors.

        It perhaps indeed is what pfsensation said, a permission/directories problem. Which directories?

        My E2Guardian is now fully working fine, without crashes. However -HOST- shows DNS error and setting "log client hostnames" under general tab causes the daemon to crash. So make sure you check chose things first

        These are the steps I took to properly fix the crashes, probably all of them together made it work:

        • First uninstalled and reinstalled E2Guardian
        • Downloaded the blacklist and applied it under the blacklists tab
        • Opened up FileZilla (FTP Client) navigated over to : /usr/local/etc/e2guardian Then set permissions to 644, recursively into all directories within it too. You can do this via SSH also, but I prefer using an actual FTP client, that way I can see all the files and directories in a GUI.

        After that, I gave the entire pfSense box a restart, and it seems to be working. I've had it running for a day with MITM.

        Try the following out, and see if it works for you.

        @Marcelloc, can you write an update on GitHub regarding the blacklist category issue? I'm not fully aware of what you tried to fix it, but it doesn't seem to be fixed until now, even for you (can see from screenshots) : https://github.com/e2guardian/e2guardian/issues/244

        Thanks

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          Mr. Jingles
          last edited by

          Thank you Marcello, and thank you pfsensation  :)

          I've attached the output of Marcello's ls command. I will next try what pfsensation suggested.

          Thank you.

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            Mr. Jingles
            last edited by

            :-[ :-[ :-[

            I did:

            [code]
            chmod -R 644 /usr/local/etc/e2guardian
            /usr/local/bin/php /usr/local/www/e2guardian.php fetch_blacklist
            Then I did reapply blacklist, save, daemon tab - save: still nothing, service still doesn't start:

            | Jul  1 03:30:56 | php-fpm | 87924 |

            /pkg_edit.php: The command '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/e2guardian.sh start' returned exit code '1', the output was 'kern.ipc.somaxconn: 16384 -> 16384 kern.maxfiles: 131072 -> 131072 kern.maxfilesperproc: 104856 -> 104856 kern.threads.max_threads_per_proc: 20480 -> 20480 Starting e2guardian. Error reading file /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/blacklists/adult/urls: No such file or directory Error opening file: /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/blacklists/adult/urls Error reading: /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/lists/bannedurllist.g_Default Error opening bannedurllist Error opening filter group config: /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/e2guardianf1.conf Error in reading filter group files Error reading filter group conf file(s). Error parsing the e2guardian.conf file or other e2guardian configuration files /usr/local/etc/rc.d/e2guardian.sh: WARNING: failed to start e2guardian' [/q][/t][/t]

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            • marcellocM
              marcelloc
              last edited by

              Access your acls under url tab and check what is enabled.  It's looking for a file that doesn't exists on shallalist.

              Select categories that shows under include select combo box. They are from current applied blacklist.

              There is no need to change file permission.

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                Mr. Jingles
                last edited by

                Thank you for your reply, Marcello  :)

                I'm trying to understand what you mean with " It's looking for a file that doesn't exists on shallalist".

                In the top Include box I can select, for example, adv urls, spyware urls, tracker urls. However, in the next Config box, none of these exist. What does this mean? what do I need to do here then?

                Per your: "Select categories that shows under include select combo box. They are from current applied blacklist"

                Could you give a concrete example?

                Thank you very much for your help  :P

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                • marcellocM
                  marcelloc
                  last edited by

                  Take a look or send a screenshot on the same field I've pushed on my last post.

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                    techbee
                    last edited by

                    hi marcelloc,

                    could you possible update your setup and configuration procedure so that it is up to date and tidy up.

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                    • marcellocM
                      marcelloc
                      last edited by

                      @techbee:

                      hi marcelloc,

                      could you possible update your setup and configuration procedure so that it is up to date and tidy up.

                      On a clean install, just save setup on GUI and use.
                      With previous install, check error messages.

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                        pfsensation
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                        Just an update,

                        My E2 Guardian has now been rock solid after the last update. However - HOST- shows dns error, not sure why because in my pfSense DHCP leases it shows the host name.

                        Also Marcello, I replied to the transparent proxy issue you reported on GitHub. Since Phillip will add the feature in V5 do you know if we can use pfSense to redirect the traffic for now? I've been successful in doing it for port 80 (HTTP) but not port 443 (HTTPS).

                        Thank you for bearing with me, and pushing out the necessary updates.

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                          jetberrocal
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                          @pfsensation:

                          Just an update,

                          My E2 Guardian has now been rock solid after the last update. However - HOST- shows dns error, not sure why because in my pfSense DHCP leases it shows the host name.

                          Also Marcello, I replied to the transparent proxy issue you reported on GitHub. Since Phillip will add the feature in V5 do you know if we can use pfSense to redirect the traffic for now? I've been successful in doing it for port 80 (HTTP) but not port 443 (HTTPS).

                          Thank you for bearing with me, and pushing out the necessary updates.

                          Did you tried this:
                          https://www.howtogeek.com/295048/how-to-configure-a-proxy-server-on-android/

                          You hardcode the proxy values or enter the url of the PAC file.

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                          • marcellocM
                            marcelloc
                            last edited by

                            @pfsensation:

                            Since Phillip will add the feature in V5 do you know if we can use pfSense to redirect the traffic for now? I've been successful in doing it for port 80 (HTTP) but not port 443 (HTTPS).

                            I'm using this way for transparent proxy with no MITM

                            https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=128116.msg730725#msg730725

                            For MITM clients I'm using WPAD.

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                              Mr. Jingles
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                              @marcelloc:

                              Take a look or send a screenshot on the same field I've pushed on my last post.

                              Thank you Marcello.

                              Ok, I've only selected porn (pic8).

                              In config, it says this (txt).

                              There is something else weird: in include there are sections that are available in config. For example, spyware and hacking are available in include, but not in config (see pic9 and *.txt).

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                              e2guardian_config.txt

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                                pfsensation
                                last edited by

                                @marcelloc:

                                @pfsensation:

                                Since Phillip will add the feature in V5 do you know if we can use pfSense to redirect the traffic for now? I've been successful in doing it for port 80 (HTTP) but not port 443 (HTTPS).

                                I'm using this way for transparent proxy with no MITM

                                https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=128116.msg730725#msg730725

                                For MITM clients I'm using WPAD.

                                Hmm, without WPAD can you force clients to use E2Guardian proxy for HTTPS using pfSense rules? So for guest devices I don't MITM, but I still want them to go through proxy for URL based filtering + caching via squid. I don't want to solely rely on WPAD, because it only seems to work well on Windows, however on IOS it works hit and miss, and Android doesn't WPAD functionality at all.
                                It can be done for sure, but I just want to know if we can use pfSense rules as it is, since I'm only having luck with NAT redirecting port 80 traffic.

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                                • marcellocM
                                  marcelloc
                                  last edited by

                                  @Mr.:

                                  Ok, I've only selected porn (pic8).

                                  In config, it says this (txt).

                                  The GUI package does not include any .Include to text fields under ACL tab. All you see are default configuration for a stock e2guardian bsd binaries.

                                  All you select under include combo will reflect on filtergroup file, that does not appears on GUI.

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                                  • marcellocM
                                    marcelloc
                                    last edited by

                                    @pfsensation:

                                    but I just want to know if we can use pfSense rules as it is, since I'm only having luck with NAT redirecting port 80 traffic.

                                    You can try with 443 nat rule without MITM, but I use squid transparent SSL with SPLICE_ALL to send non configured clients to e2guradian acls.

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                                      Mr. Jingles
                                      last edited by

                                      @marcelloc:

                                      @Mr.:

                                      Ok, I've only selected porn (pic8).

                                      In config, it says this (txt).

                                      The GUI package does not include any .Include to text fields under ACL tab. All you see are default configuration for a stock e2guardian bsd binaries.

                                      All you select under include combo will reflect on filtergroup file, that does not appears on GUI.

                                      So what do I need to do to make it work?

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                                      • marcellocM
                                        marcelloc
                                        last edited by

                                        @Mr.:

                                        So what do I need to do to make it work?

                                        What I suggested on one of the first topics. Check config on all tabs if you still are getting erros.

                                        The selected itens on include are present on resulting config file under /usr/local/etc/e2guardian/

                                        That adult/domains erros probably are uncomment on your site deny text field.

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                                          Mr. Jingles
                                          last edited by

                                          @marcelloc:

                                          @Mr.:

                                          So what do I need to do to make it work?

                                          What I suggested on one of the first topics. Check config on all tabs if you still are getting erros.

                                          Sorry, what you suggested I did multiple times in a row, Marcello.

                                          I have uninstalled it and simply conclude it doesn't work.

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                                          • marcellocM
                                            marcelloc
                                            last edited by

                                            @Mr.:

                                            I have uninstalled it and simply conclude it doesn't work.

                                            What erros do you get? Same as before? Did you tried to comment include acls that does not exists on file system?

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