Hi there Search for the " TAG: visible_hostname " part in your squid.conf file. Then set to like : visible_hostname proxy.mydomain.com -----Original Message----- From: doni [mailto:mediono@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 25 July 2005 12:09 PM To: Ben Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: squid failed. The error was: init_cache_dir Hi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben" <server@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "doni" <mediono@xxxxxxxxx>; <squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:59 AM Subject: Re: squid failed. The error was: init_cache_dir > sorry, it said > > Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE9): Terminated abnormally. > CPU Usage: 0.009 seconds = 0.007 user + 0.002 sys > Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB > Page faults with physical i/o: 0 > FATAL: Could not determine fully qualified hostname. Please set > 'visible_hostname' > > does this help?? > Please check your squid.conf, visible_hostname must be a name of your server