I think what you are saying is for Squid to re-read your configuration file after a change has been made. If this is the case you can simply do: service squid reload (or restart) or /etc/init.d/squid reload (or restart) > On 2/24/07, Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> lör 2007-02-24 klockan 09:51 +0800 skrev Joel Bryan Juliano: >> >> > Is there a way to turn off and on squid by just editing the >> > configuration files? >> >> No, but by stopping/starting the service. >> >> stop: /usr/local/sbin/squid -k shutdown >> >> start: /usr/local/sbin/squid >> >> or alternatively depending on OS integration being done >> >> service squid stop >> service squid start >> >> /etc/init.d/squid stop >> /etc/init.d/squid start >> >> or similar.. >> >> Regards >> Henrik >> >> > > I'm trying to do this because I have made a simple GUI for configuring > squid on the system, there is a checkbutton to enable/disable squid > and I'm looking for ways on how to hook with it. currently my approach > is moving /etc/init.d/squid to /etc/squid-gui/squid.daemon which is > very hackish. There must be a better way. > > > -- > "I use to fuel my car with water, now I switched back to gasoline > because my cigarette lighter doesn't work" - People who use Linux but > switched back to Windows. >
