Re: [squid-users] Getting error msgs when trying to start squid

Amos Jeffries wrote:
> Henrique M. wrote:
>>
>> Amos Jeffries-2 wrote:
>>> httpd_accel has been obsolete for more than 3 years now.
>>> Where did you get that config? I know it does not come with the packaged
>>> squid/squid3 on any current Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> Considering that you have on apparently brand new installs
>>> encountered two
>>> sets of issues with long obsolete config options. I'm going to have
>>> to say
>>> please post your Ubundu version, squid version, and whole squid.conf
>>> (minus the comment '#' lines) and lets get it cleaned up before you do
>>> anything else.
>>>
>>> Amos
>>>
>>
>> My Ubuntu version is 8.10, my Squid version is 2.7STABLE3-1ubuntu2.1
>> and my
>> squid.conf was uploaded with this message.
>> http://www.nabble.com/file/p22971433/squid.conf squid.conf
>> I added the "httpd_accel" command lines because I read online that
>> this was
>> the procedure to enable the proxy + cache for http, but I didn't know
>> this
>> was obsolete.
>
> FYI:
> The squid wiki http://wiki.squid-cache.org has the authoritative current
> information and how-tos.
>
> The config manual http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config has the
> authoritative content on all options since Squid-2.5 what they do and
> where they are available.
>
> What do you mean by "proxy + cache for http"? none of those words
> meanings individually or together match with httpd_accel config options
> meaning.
>
> Your config as posted shows:
> A regular forward proxy listening on port 3128 and only allowing
> traffic from localhost (aka IP 127.0.0.1) through to the internet.
> Some extension HTTP methods have been added to allow SVN to work through
> the proxy.
> Port security has been updated to allow rsync, cups and SWAT protocols
> to be sent over standard HTTP, and rsync, snews over CONNECT tunnel
> requests.

Oops, I missed a it. snews is listed for CONNECT, but !Safe_ports still
blocks it from being used.

> The proxy sits in a private network of 192.168.2.0/24, though the
> network hosts are not allowed to use it.
>
> What do you need to add/alter from that?
>

Amos

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