Vic Jackson wrote:

Hello to all,

I have very recently installed SUSE Linux 6.4 and downloaded Squid. I am a brand new user of this operating system (my brain is getting badly over heated), and would like help to install the above proxy server. If there is any kind sir or madam out there who could kindly point me in the right direction. This is perhaps a tall order to help a beginner, But thanks all the same in anticipation.

SuSE should come with Squid. Install the RPM through yast, and run "/etc/rc.d/squid start". Set your web browser's proxy to point to the squid server, port 8000 for web and FTP. If you want to customise it more to suit your needs, edit /etc/squid.conf; the sections should be reasonably well commented. Dan -- dankolb@ox.compsoc.net Oxford University Computer Society Secretary --I reserve the right to be completely wrong about any comments or opinions expressed; don't trust everything you read above--

Sure, though I advise reading the FAQ at http://www.squid-cache.org tar xzf squid...tar.gz cd squid..... ./configure make make install jed /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf make sure the cache_effective_user directive is squid (& group too) (note its probacly set to "nobody" by default so just change "nobody" to "squid" without the quotes :) ie. cache_effective_user squid cache_effective_group squid make sure you have a squid user and group look /etc/passwd to check if not there then do a "adduser squid" from the command line then do a "chown -R squid.root /usr/local/squid" then do a "/usr/local/squid/bin/squid -z" to create the cache dirs. then do a "/usr/local/squid/bin/squid -N -d3" to run squid, and tell me the output. if there is no output then, hurrah, squid is working! (push ctrl-c and do "/usr/local/squid/bin/squid" to run it properly if its working) then to allow access from anyone to the proxy, jed /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf again and change the line "http_access deny all" to "http_access allow all". this is not advisable but if it works you can then prepare to setup squid to you liking :) hope this helps.

Hello to all,

I have very recently installed SUSE Linux 6.4 and downloaded Squid. I am a brand new user of this operating system (my brain is getting badly over heated), and would like help to install the above proxy server. If there is any kind sir or madam out there who could kindly point me in the right direction. This is perhaps a tall order to help a beginner, But thanks all the same in anticipation.

Vic Jackson NetWork Manager

Moulsham High School