On 12/06/07, Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
mån 2007-06-11 klockan 18:23 +0200 skrev Anton Melser: > Hi, > I have realised my problem... I was trying to switch machines with a > site, but had forgotten to change /etc/hosts. Is this the perfect > example of the difference between compiling with and without the > internal dns option? No, both uses /etc/hosts first.. > I ask this because no matter what IP address I > put in the cache_peer, it still seems to look at /etc/hosts... That's because you have told Squid to completely ignore your cache_peers by enabling always_direct, forcing Squid to go directly to the requested site instead of forwarding it via the peers. You do not need to define any hosts in /etc/hosts, unless you need these in the host part of your cache_peer lines to keep your configuration readable.. (the cache_peer host can be specified either by IP or name..)
Thanks Hendrik, everything seems much clearer now! I got really confused trying to put my file together not really knowing how things worked and getting bits from various 2.6 and pre 2.6 examples. It is working like a charm now though! Cheers Anton
