1 --- squid-2.3.STABLE4/QUICKSTART.loc Fri Jan 19 12:47:07 2001
2 +++ squid-2.3.STABLE4/QUICKSTART Fri Jan 19 12:48:22 2001
4 INSTALL in the same directory), you have to configure the squid.conf
5 file. This is the list of the values you *need* to change, because no
6 sensible defaults could be defined. Do not touch the other variables
7 -for now. We assume you have installed Squid in the default location:
11 -Uncomment and edit the following lines in /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf:
12 +Uncomment and edit the following lines in /etc/squid/squid.conf:
14 ==============================================================================
17 Warning: Squid uses much more than this value. Rule of thumb: if
18 you have N megabytes free for Squid, put N/3 here.
20 -cache_dir /usr/local/squid/cache 100 16 256
21 +cache_dir /var/spool/squid 100 16 256
23 Add here (first number, here 100) the amount of hard disk space
24 (in megabytes) to devote to caching.
26 After editing squid.conf to your liking, run Squid from the command
29 - % /usr/local/squid/bin/squid -z
30 - % /usr/local/squid/bin/squid
31 + % /usr/sbin/squid -z
34 -Check in the cache.log (/usr/local/squid/logs/cache.log) that
35 +Check in the cache.log (/var/log/squid/cache.log) that
36 everything is all right. Note that "WARNING: Cannot write to swap
37 directory" is normal the first time you run Squid.