--- squid-2.3.STABLE4/QUICKSTART.loc Fri Jan 19 12:47:07 2001 +++ squid-2.3.STABLE4/QUICKSTART Fri Jan 19 12:48:22 2001 @@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ INSTALL in the same directory), you have to configure the squid.conf file. This is the list of the values you *need* to change, because no sensible defaults could be defined. Do not touch the other variables -for now. We assume you have installed Squid in the default location: -/usr/local/squid +for now. -Uncomment and edit the following lines in /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf: +Uncomment and edit the following lines in /etc/squid/squid.conf: ============================================================================== @@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ Warning: Squid uses much more than this value. Rule of thumb: if you have N megabytes free for Squid, put N/3 here. -cache_dir /usr/local/squid/cache 100 16 256 +cache_dir /var/spool/squid 100 16 256 Add here (first number, here 100) the amount of hard disk space (in megabytes) to devote to caching. @@ -70,10 +69,10 @@ After editing squid.conf to your liking, run Squid from the command line TWICE: - % /usr/local/squid/bin/squid -z - % /usr/local/squid/bin/squid + % /usr/sbin/squid -z + % /usr/sbin/squid -Check in the cache.log (/usr/local/squid/logs/cache.log) that +Check in the cache.log (/var/log/squid/cache.log) that everything is all right. Note that "WARNING: Cannot write to swap directory" is normal the first time you run Squid.