[K12OSN] problem starting squid

[James P. Kinney III]

Hi Jim,

Try:
visible_hostname squidhost.server.ltsp

Squid config doesn't use name=value style.

On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 16:23 -0400, Jim Anderson wrote:
> I'm back at the computer lab running k12ltsp.  I've added a line to
> the /etc/hosts file that says  "MailScanner warning: numerical links
> are often malicious: 192.168.5.254  squidhost.server.ltsp  squidhost"
> I've added to the /etc/squid.conf file the line
> "visible_host=squidhost.server.ltsp"
> 
> When I try to restart squid in services I get the following in the
> status:
> 
> squid is stopped
> 2008/08/09 16:13:10| parseConfigFile: line 1 unrecognized:
> 'visible_hostname=squidhost.server.ltsp'
> 2008/08/09 16:13:10| parseConfigFile: line 53 unrecognized: 'Default:'
> squid: ERROR: No running copy
> 
> Can you help me out?  I won't be back to the lab for another month.
> 
> Jim Anderson
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 6:25 PM, James P. Kinney III
> <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> wrote:
>         
>         On Sat, 2008-07-12 at 17:02 -0400, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:
>         
>         > Or better yet, make sure that there is fully qualified name
>         of this server
>         > in the /etc/hosts file, say:
>         > 192.168.mmm.nnn squidhost.mydomain.com squidhost
>         >
>         
>         Should always do that! But squid will still require the
>         visible_hostname
>         setting in the config file. This is for squid use so the logs
>         make sense
>         as squid can be clustered.
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