Proxychains not working in Ubuntu | Step by step tutorial | 2024

 

When I tried to setup the Proxychains in my Ubuntu system, it was not working as expected. I discovered that it was because the Proxychains was not installed properly and a mis-configuration in the Firefox browser setting.

Run the following commands & follow the steps to fix this:

• sudo apt-get update
  
  
• sudo apt-get purge proxychains; sudo apt-get purge proxychains4; sudo apt-get purge tor
  
  
• sudo apt-get install proxychains4; sudo apt-get install proxychains; sudo apt-get install tor
  
  
  
  
• sudo nano /etc/proxychains.conf
  
  Edit the configuration file:
  
  
• Uncomment (remove #) "dynamic_chain" and "random_chain"
  
  
• Comment (put # before) "strict_chain"
  
  
• Put these lines at the end of the file:
  
  socks4  127.0.0.1 9050
  socks5  127.0.0.1 9050
  
  
• ctrl+o, enter, ctrl+x - to close the configuration file
  
  
  
  
• Open Firefox browser - go to settings - go to "Network Settings" section - click on "settings" - select 2nd option (Auto-detect proxy settings for this network) - click "OK" - close the browser.
  
  
• service tor start
  
  
• service tor status 
  (check whether tor is active or not)
  
  
• proxychains firefox duckduckgo.com
  
  It'll take some time to load the browser..
  
  
• Browser will open - now type "dns leak test" - click the first link from the search results (dnsleaktest.com) - check which country is showing for your IP - if it is not your country then all is well.
  
  
• Click on "Standard test" option to verify that the proxy servers are from a different country.

Congrats! You've fixed the issue!

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