> > Hello, > We are testing Squid 2.6 stable 21 for the first time and we are getting > the following error when we are trying to start the Squid service. > > 2008/09/03 11:02:20| parseConfigFile: line 3028 unrecognized: 'localhost' > FATAL: Could not determine fully qualified hostname. Please set > 'visible_hostname' (same error with serversname.company.com) > > Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE21): Terminated abnormally. > > I added a value on the host file and on the DNS server trying to resolve > the localhost value and the servername.company.com. Should I define the > DNS server inside Squid? > > Thanks > Your host name configuration is severely broken. check /etc/resolve.conf is configured properly (it should contain 'nameserver' and 'search' or 'domain' lines) check /etc/hostname is configured properly What you should do is give your machine a valid name ie 'guber'. Which can be combined with your company name ie guber.example.com to create a globally unique FQDN. That name is how you and other administrators are expected to track the machine back to report and/or solve any problems. The FQDN + its rDNS lookup is what Squid uses to identify itself, and its own official public IP address. Amos
