On Wednesday 11 January 2006 05:13 am, Mark Sansome wrote: > Well now I'm getting really confused! Yup - I'm still struggling with this. > > I've tried uninstalling the RPM and re-installing from scratch (I think > the RPM I have is the same as Fajar's) and still no joy. I have also > tried using a Webmin Module ( from here : > http://www.niemueller.de/webmin/modules/squidguard/) which makes the > set-up easier. > > The funny thing is - prior to uninstalling the Webmin module seemed to > be able to work with my squidGuard (even though it still wouldn't > function properly with squid) In other words I could set up acl rules, > download blacklists and activate them etc. > > Now - after the reinstall - Webmin flatly refuses to accept the path to > the directory that I have set up for the blacklists (although it is > happy with the path to the logfile). I am wondering if this is pointing > to my problem. The ownership and permissions of the db file is exactly > the same as for the logfile but still Webmin won't accept it. > > Maybe I'm being really dumb here - but is the Berkeley DB necessary to > *run* squidGuard - or is it only required if compiling from source? > > As far as I know I am not actually using any .db files - my blacklists > are text files (I think). > > If I do: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mark]# locate berkeley > /usr/bin/berkeley_db42_svc > /usr/bin/berkeley_db_svc > /usr/bin/berkeley_db41_svc > /usr/share/doc/db4-utils-4.3.27/utility/berkeley_db_svc.html > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mark]# > > I guess this means I have version 4.3.27 ? (and 4.1 and 4.2) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mark]# /usr/bin/berkeley_db_svc -V > Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.3.27: (April 25, 2005) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mark]# > > Do I need to install version 3.2.9 (as described here : > http://www.maynidea.com/squidguard/step-by-step.html) from source? > > Can it co-exist with the above versions or will it wipe them out? > > If squidguard does need 3.2.9 to run, and if I can install it, how do I > tell squidguard which version to use? > > Sorry for all the questions - I hope I'm making progress... > > Thanks again. > > Mark
Mark, Yum will install any dependencies required by squid and squidguard. The source of the blacklist is text files, but, then squidguard will convert them to .db when we do: squidguard -C all Have you done it? Just guessing. -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 08:45:00 up 29 min, 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4 GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org
