On Monday, 5 July 2004 12:35, Puneet wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I am new to linux. > > I wanted to install squid proxy server for our office network. > > i get the following eror when i try to start squid. > > > parseConfigFile: line 2052 unrecognized: 'eriva7' > > FATAL: Could not determine fully qualified hostname. Please set > > 'visible_hostname' > > > Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE3): Terminated abnormally. > > CPU Usage: 0.000 seconds = 0.000 user + 0.000 sys > > Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB > > Page faults with physical i/o: 358 > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid: line 162: 11750 Aborted > > in the squid.conf file, i have made 4 changes, allowed the proxy http port, > > added a acl of mygroup > > i have tried setting visible_hostname in the squid.conf file to eriva7 but > it does not seem to help. > > i also tried the following commands > > [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc] hostname > eriva7 > [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc] domainname > eriva > > let me know what the solution is. > > thanks > Puneet Have you setup eriva7 in your /etc/hosts file ? If not your squid wont be able to get a fully qualified hostname for the server. Try setting say eriva7.domain.tld to point towards a internal IP. ? Heres my settings.
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