Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 01/10/2008 07:53:44 AM: > trainier@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I have been asked to continue proxying connections out to the Internet, > > but to discontinue caching web traffic. > > > > After reading the FAQ and the config guide (2.6STABLE12) I found that: > > 'cache_dir null' Is the approach. It's failing. > > The error is: Daemon: FATAL: Bungled squid.conf line 19: cache_dir null > > For 2.6 you need to add --enable-storeio=null with the other FS you want > to use. > Yeah, I figured this was the option, I just didn't know the parameter to hand it. Which is probably documented in src/fs. Thanks for clarifying. > > For giggles, I even tried giving cache_dir null an option of a directory, > > which also failed. > > That was the right approach :-) just at tad early > > The config line does need a path still in 2.6, a small problem that has > been cleaned up for 3.1 and 2.7, 2.6stable18 when they arrive. > > cache_dir null /tmp Very good to know. Thanks again, Amos. > Amos > > > > > The FAQ shows that this option is not enabled or available in the default > > build of squid. I'm reading through the configure script trying to find > > some verbiage that might help me locate the compile option. > > > > Here are the compile-time options I'm setting for this build: > > > > ./configure --prefix=/services/proxy --enable-icmp --enable-snmp > > --enable-cachemgr-hostname=kmiproxy01 --enable-arp-acl --enable-ssl > > --disable-select --disable-poll --enable-epoll -enable-large-cache-files > > --disable-ident-lookups --enable-stacktraces --with-large-files && make > > && make install > > > > Can someone please help me disable local caching? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tim Rainier > > > -- > Please use Squid 2.6STABLE17 or 3.0STABLE1. > There are serious security advisories out on all earlier releases. >
