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diff --git a/docs/src/content/howto-transparent.md b/docs/src/content/howto-transparent.md index 5b4b5dd8..803f8f10 100644 --- a/docs/src/content/howto-transparent.md +++ b/docs/src/content/howto-transparent.md @@ -91,12 +91,14 @@ Set the test device up to use the host on which mitmproxy is running as the defa Follow steps **1, 2** as above, but *instead* of the commands in step **3**, run the following Create a user to run the mitmproxy + {{< highlight bash >}} sudo useradd --create-home mitmproxyuser -sudo -u mitmproxyuser 'cd ~ && pip install --user mitmproxy' +sudo -u mitmproxyuser bash -c 'cd ~ && pip install --user mitmproxy' {{< / highlight >}} Then, configure the iptables rules to redirect all traffic from our local machine to mitmproxy. **Note**, as soon as you run these, you won't be able to perform successful network calls *until* you start mitmproxy. If you run into issues, `iptables -t nat -F` is a heavy handed way to flush (clear) *all* the rules from the iptables `nat` table (which includes any other rules you had configured). + {{< highlight bash >}} iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m owner ! --uid-owner mitmproxyuser --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080 iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m owner ! --uid-owner mitmproxyuser --dport 443 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080 |