From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 10 18:27:53 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 18:27:51 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from giroc.albury.net.au (giroc.albury.NET.AU [203.15.244.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 358BA37B404 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 18:27:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nicks@localhost) by giroc.albury.net.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBB2ReQ83751; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:27:40 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:27:40 +1100 From: Nick Slager To: hxw_maillist1 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Make FreeBSD a proxy server Message-ID: <20001211132740.D77951@albury.net.au> References: <20001211021807.26897.qmail@sina.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001211021807.26897.qmail@sina.com>; from hxw_maillist1@sina.com on Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:17:32AM +0000 X-Homer: Whoohooooooo! Sender: nicks@giroc.albury.net.au Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake hxw_maillist1 (hxw_maillist1@sina.com): > Hi, > Could anybody tell me how to make my FreeBSD 4.1 or 4.2 a > proxy server, with which all other computers on the same > LAN can connect to Internet. > > I tried Squid 2.3 but Failed. I create all the 16 caching > directories manually, and it always complained that "Fail to > connect to DB". What I want is a KISS(Keep It Simple, Stupid) one. Please wrap your lines at ~70 characters. That's where you're going wrong; run squid -z to initialise the directory heirarchy as configured in squid.conf. Get further information from the Squid FAQ and Users Guide at http://www.squid-cache.org/ Nick -- From a Sun Microsystems bug report (#4102680): "Workaround: don't pound on the mouse like a wild monkey." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message