Hi, Have you put the correct http_port directive in your squid.conf? It should be something like http_port 127.0.0.1:3178 cheers! On 10/31/07, ying lcs <yinglcs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I am able to compile and get squid running on my ubuntu machine. > > However, when I see my proxy setting in my firefox: > Manual proxy configuration: > HTTP Proxy: 127.0.0.1 Port: 3128 > > And when when I load 'www.google.com' in my firefox , I get this error page: > The proxy server is refusing connections > Firefox is configured to use a proxy server that is refusing connections. > > * Check the proxy settings to make sure that they are correct. > > * Contact your network administrator to make sure the proxy server is > working. > > > And when I load '127.0.0.1/plain.txt' in my firefox, I get this error message: > ERROR > The requested URL could not be retrieved > > While trying to retrieve the URL: http://127.0.0.1/plain.txt > > The following error was encountered: > > * Access Denied. > > Access control configuration prevents your request from being > allowed at this time. Please contact your service provider if you feel > this is incorrect. > > Your cache administrator is webmaster. > > Can you please tell me what am I missing in setting up my squid as the > http server? > > Thank you. > -- M P Keshava