It is a url_regex acl.and calls a file stored locally that is about 7mb. How then do I use this list of banned sites to control access without the use of url_regex? Thanks for any and all replies.. \Bob -----Original Message----- From: Chris Robertson [mailto:crobertson@xxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 9:44 AM To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Startup fails > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Ambroso [mailto:BAmbroso@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 7:46 AM > To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Startup fails > > > I have a basic squid install and I added an acl that uses a list of > banned sites. The list is quite comprehensive (say 7mb) and when squid > tries to start it chugs along then fails with kerneL out of memory.. > > The machine I am using is a PII with 384 megs of ram. When I use top I > can see that while it is starting squid will use most of the ram > (289-369 mb's of ram) till it fails... Without the text file > it start up > no problem.. I created the list using MS notepad (not sure if that is > what is causing the problem but thought I would throw it out > there..) I > have tweaked some of the default settings without any luck. > > \Bob > > Bob Ambroso > Whittier Public Library > 7344 S. Washington Ave > Whittier, CA 90602 > (562) 464-3452 What does kind of ACL are you using to call this file? "url_regex" (or indeed anything involving regex) would be very bad in this case. Chris
