Hi Amos ; Thank you very much for answering my queries :All answers were informative : I found my squid.conf says cache is /var/squid/cache , I found those in that location sorry for asking that question without checking my squid.conf : Thanks a lot for the time spent & the prompt answers you have given to me . warm regards KK On 2/22/08, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > kk CHN wrote: > > People: I tam using squid 2.6 in my freeBSD-6.1 machine , as http > > accelerator on port :80 > > > > I edited my start up script (/usr/loca/etc/rc.d/squid) for > > squid-user as root ,//because its not starting as user "squid" for > > port 80. : > > > > Q1 : is editing startup script to change user as " root" okay ? > > > Yes squid will reduce its user level to minimal after it has setup properly. > > > > > > I have a few questions below this : Let me ask your comments on those > > questions > > > > > > whenever I am doing a sockstat -4p 80 I am getting > > > > max # sockstat -4p 80 > > USER COMMAND PID FD PROTO LOCAL ADDRESS FOREIGN ADDRESS > > www httpd 1394 3 tcp4 127.0.0.1:80 *:* > > squid squid 1392 9 tcp4 2xx.1xx.2xx.xxx:80 63.42.21.53:39234 > > squid squid 1392 11 tcp4 2xx.1xx.2xx.xxx:80 *:* > > squid squid 1392 14 tcp4 2xx.1xx.2xx.xxx:80 243.109.215.18:52561 > > squid squid 1392 15 tcp4 2xx.1xx.2xx.xxx:80 243.109.215.18:56962 > > squid squid 1392 16 tcp4 127.0.0.1:58926 127.0.0.1:80 > > squid squid 1392 17 tcp4 2xx.1xx.2xx.xxx:80 209.131.41.48:23788 > > www httpd 503 3 tcp4 127.0.0.1:80 *:* > > www httpd 503 22 tcp4 127.0.0.1:80 127.0.0.1:58926 > > www httpd 502 3 tcp4 127.0.0.1:80 *:* > > www httpd 501 3 tcp4 127.0.0.1:80 *:* > > root httpd 495 3 tcp4 127.0.0.1:80 *:* > > max# > > > > here squid shows > > squid squid 1392 16 tcp4 127.0.0.1:58926 127.0.0.1:80 > > > > Q 2: why the port number 58926 here? it should be 80 right? > > > > No. That is the OUT side of squid, connecting from large random port to > localhost:80 IN side of the www server. > > > > > > > Q 3 : How can I check the foreign addresses connected to port :80 are > > spammers OR not ? > > > > > http://www.surbl.org/ > http://www.spamhaus.org/zen/ > > > > Q: 4 if they are spammers how to deny them? > > > > > Up to you. > > > > Q :5 this is my squid folder but it not showing any cache dirs why? > > > > > What does your squid.conf say about "cache_dir"? > > > > max# cd /usr/local/squid/ > > max# ls > > cache logs > > max# cd cache/ > > max# ls > > none squid.core > > max# > > > > > I think from that you have probably created a cache_dir named "none" :-( > > > Amos > > -- > Please use Squid 2.6STABLE17+ or 3.0STABLE1+ > There are serious security advisories out on all earlier releases. >
