how to setup the squid server

[nilesh vaghela]

you need to provide proper hostname to squid server.

set visible_hostname parameter to test.example.com something like.

Or the squid can not resolve the address so provide proper DNS in squid or
/etc/resolv.conf

On 12/27/06, tamer amr <tamer_linux at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> i made which you said but when i started th squid  i found the following
> error
>
> init_cache_dir /var/spool/squid... /etc/init.d/squid: line 54:  1705
> Aborted                 $SQUID -z -F -D >>/var/log/squid/squid.out 2>&1
> Starting squid: /etc/init.d/squid: line 53:  1706 Aborted
> $SQUID $SQUID_OPTS >>/var/log/squid/squid.out 2>&1
>                                                             [FAILED]
>
> John O'Loughlin <j.oloughlin at qmul.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi
>
> also, in the file /etc/squid/squid.conf under the acl section you will
> find:
>
> # INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
>
> # Example rule allowing access from your local networks. Adapt
> # to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing should
> # be allowed
> #acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24
> #http_access allow our_networks
>
> You need to unhash the last two lines and then set the IP range to match
> you network, so it may be:
>
> acl our_networks src 192.168.2.0/24
> http_access allow our_networks
>
> for example
>
> squid will then accept connections from hosts with IP addresses in that
> range.
>
> John
>
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2006, tamer amr wrote:
>
> > hi
> >
> >  i want to configure the squid server for my local network
> >
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