Try squid -i -f f:/squid/etc/squid.conf the -f option tells squid to use alternative config file ;) see here: http://www.acmeconsulting.it/pagine/opensource/squid/squidnt25.htm Regards Jens Altrock Diplom-Ingenieur (BA) Stadtverwaltung Neustadt an der Weinstraße EDV und Organisation Marktplatz 1 67433 Neustadt an der Weinstraße Tel. +49 6321 855 330 Fax +49 6321 855 7330 mailto:jens.altrock@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.neustadt-weinstrasse.de > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Ben Wylie [mailto:squid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. April 2005 06:02 > An: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Betreff: [squid-users] SquidNT - Running it for the first time > > > I've just tried to install SquidNT and have tried to run it > for the first > time. I don't know whether SquidNT is supported on this list > at all, but in > case it is, I will try my luck. > > The installation I was using was: squid-2.5.STABLE9-NT-bin-SSL.zip > > I have set all of the settings in squid.conf. > My path to squid is f:\squid, so I have changed all of the c: to f: > > I follow the instructions to install squid as a windows > service and do the > following: > > F:\squid\sbin>squid -i f:/squid/etc/squid.conf > Registry stored HKLM\SOFTWARE\GNU\SquidNT\2.5\SquidNT\ConfigFile value > c:/squid/ > etc/squid.conf > Squid Cache version 2.5.STABLE9-NT-CVS for i686-pc-winnt > installed successfully as SquidNT Windows System Service. > To run, start it from the Services Applet of Control Panel. > Don't forget to edit squid.conf before starting it. > > This is clearly wrong - it has stuck c: in even though I specified f: > I go to the registry entry and amend it. I then try getting > it to create the > cache directories: > > F:\squid\sbin>squid -z f:/squid/etc/squid.conf > FATAL: Unable to open configuration file: > c:/squid/etc/squid.conf: (2) No > such f > ile or directory > Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE9-NT-CVS): Terminated abnormally. > CPU Usage: 0.070 seconds = 0.010 user + 0.060 sys > Maximum Resident Size: 2152 KB > Page faults with physical i/o: 535 > > So even though there is a registry entry with the path to > squid.conf, it is > still looking for it in c:. > > When I try starting the service manually it fails - most > likely because it > is still looking in c: > > Can anyone suggest why it insists on looking in c: even when > directed to > look in f:? > > In the installation instructions it has: > Edit the squid.conf and change if needed the c:/squid path > (use path with > '/' char, NOT '\') > > This looks like it might be the cause, but I am unclear as to > where this > path is to be found apart from in the conf file. > > Thanks for your help, > Ben > > ########################################### Diese Nachricht wurde von F-Secure Anti-Virus gescannt. This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus.
