Re: [squid-users] Running squid -k reconfigure frequently

Steve,

We're also using LDAP for authentication , using the pam_ldap
autheticator (using ldap group)
And I never restarted Squid. So it works perfect!

    Bart
Steve Cody wrote:

>I have Squid running in a cybercafe environment. Frequently, new users
>will be added, and existing user's accounts will be disabled. This is
>to enable and disable Internet access for people.
>
>I'm currently using access with a password file that gets modified
>whenever there is a user change. The changes don't take effect until I
>restart squid, or do a squid -k reconfigure.
>
>Someone else suggested that I use LDAP to avoid this issue, and I'm
>looking into that option right now.
>
>Steve
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>On Sat, 2003-07-19 at 02:30, Peter Koinange wrote:
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>>Something wrong here, why would you really need to ran squid -k so often, I
>>believe you problem here is administration I find it impossible see why you
>>are making changes every 2 minutes. Come up with a admin policy on how often
>>changes are done and whn they should take effect
>>
>>Peter
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Steve Cody" <squidusers@codycrew.net>
>>To: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 7:31 AM
>>Subject: [squid-users] Running squid -k reconfigure frequently
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>>>Hello all,
>>>
>>>I would like to know if there is a negative impact on a system, or on
>>>
>>>
>>Squid,
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>>>if the squid -k reconfigure command is ran at a frequent interval. For
>>>example, I would like to run it about every 2 minutes to make user changes
>>>take effect rapidly.
>>>
>>>Is that going to be a problem? If so, is there a better interval to use,
>>>
>>>
>>or
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>>>a better way to make user changes take effect? I'm using user
>>>
>>>
>>authentication
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>>>and the changes I'm talking about are user creation, enabling, disabling,
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>>>
>>and
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>>>deleting. The changes don't take effect until the squid -k reconfigure
>>>command is ran.
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance!
>>>Steve Cody
>>>
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Received on Sat Jul 19 2003 - 12:30:06 MDT