Cascading proxy servers

It doesn't matter where you put anything in the configuration file. It's broken up into sections to help readability.

Geoff

I have been playing around for about 2 days now not really getting anywhere. I noticed that after editing the conf file I was getting FAILED in the startup for the firewall.

So I reinstalled Clarkconnect all was fine untill I tried to edit the squid config file. Then on reboot I got this Failed again.

I am using notepad to do the editing and I am thinking after re reading your posts that this my be the problem, if it is can you recomend a freeware text editor for this purpose.

www.textpad.com not free but it just nags you to pay for it.

metapad or PSPad, both freeware.

It might be a good idea to learn using a *nix text editor on windows.
Vi and emacs are both available for windows:

http://www.vim.org/download.php
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html

Its can be a religious debate as to which is 'better'

Well I must be doing something wrong!!

I have just tried editing the config file with textpad and the samething happens.

Here is what I am doing

1. connect to the Linux box with winSCP

2. browse to the config file

3. save to the desktop

4 edit with textpad

5 upload the config file

6. reboot the linuxbox

7. firewall fails on reboot

8. putting the config file back to its original state fails

Is there a command that I can use to check the installation of squid ect

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Is there a command that I can use to check the installation of squid ect

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you'll need to login via ssh or on the console:

locate the squid binary file - I assume its in /usr/sbin/squid -but depends on your distro.

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whereis squid

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might help

Code:

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/usr/sbin/squid -k parse

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will output any errors in the config.

you shouldn't need to reboot - try

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/etc/init.d/squid restart

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and

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/etc/init.d/squid status

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to see if its running

Thanks for all that, what a learning curve this is turning into!

It seems that there are no errors in the config file, so I guess I need to check the lines I am entering again to make sure I have got everthing correct

Hi Back again, Well I have had the box talking to the internet, when I put the dns server addresses for the ISP into the settings, but if I reboot the settings revert back to the network DNS and therefore the can't talk to the internet. Once I correct this problem it can take nearly a day before the internet is back.

Any Ideas?

You're not using DHCP on this box are you?

What are the contents of your interfaces and resolv.conf files ?

The DHCP on the box is not running, although there is DHCP on my network

This is the Resol.conf

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; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
search schoolname.lea.sch.uk
nameserver 10.2.x.x
nameserver 62.171.x.x
nameserver 62.171.x.x

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I don't know where the interface.conf is on the system ( still learning )

Perhaps you could try a recursive GREP to see if there is another file with your normal LAN DNS settings