Parental Controls with dansguardian, tinyproxy & firehol : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10)

I’ve spent the bulk of my afternoon trying to setup some type of parental controls on an Ubuntu machine. My brother has been using Ubuntu for some time now and good ‘ol Dad wants to make sure that he doesn’t run into the wrong neighborhood online. I’ve managed to figure things out so I thought I’d put together the steps that I used.

These steps come from the Ubuntu CE (Christian Edition) team and website. This, from what I understand, is pre-installed in that distribution. They have released a script to install and configure the parental controls on a standard Ubuntu system. I have tested this on Xubuntu (Xfce) and assume it works just as well on GNOME or KDE.

1. Download Web Content Filtering Installation Script
2. Right-click on the archive and select Extract here.
3. Double-click the “install_me” file.
4. Select “Run in terminal”.
5. Enter your passworrd when prompted.
6. Follow the onscreen prompts.

Once you have finished running the script you will need to reboot your computer. Dansguardian will not function until after you reboot your system. Your original sources.list file will be restored when the script is finished.

This script updates quite a few files and should be used at your own risk.

Note: You may see a few errors during the script regarding
dansguardian and clamav. These should be ignored. Once you reboot your
computer these configuration issues will be resolved.

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