Amos Jeffries wrote: > Jeff Peng wrote: >> You will 'squid -k reconfig' for reloading the new config file. >> This is safe enough form what I checked in the sources years ago. >> But if you reconfig it too frequently, I don't know the result. >> >> Regards. > > Squid will not accept new requests for the period it takes to reload the > config, restart the helpers, and write the cache index to disk and read > it back in again. > > Amos > >> ---------- Original Message ---------- >> From: squid <squid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: Squid Users <squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: is it bad to constantly reload squid.conf >> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:17:25 +0000 >> >> Hello, >> >> My question is, would it be 'bad' to reload squid.conf, up to 100 times >> within a very short space of time? If so, is there a 'better' way of >> getting Squid to acknowledge changes made to an ACL? >> >> I work in a school and have created an ACL which reads in pupils network >> ids from an external text file this then allows them to access the web. >> The contents of this file are dynamic and pupils ids are added via a php >> script after they agree to abide by the schools internet policy. >> >> Currently, every time a new user is added to the list the squid >> configuration file is reloaded. It is possible that this may happen many >> times (up to 100) within a few seconds. >> >> I'm a bit of a newbie to all of this so apologies if i'm going over old >> ground.. >> >> Many Thanks >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Doctoral Degrees Online >> Explore our directory of degrees. Move ahead with a Doctorate Degree! >> http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/c?cp=TKgjATv5Q0NTriuO2FbeHQAAJz4_zcPXSKpk-wtwPtDFgJ8JAAQAAAAFAAAAALx0kz4AAAMlAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAkSEAAAAAA= > > Thank you both for your replies. The worst case was that reloading the config this way would cause squid to fail. From what I understand about the reply from Amos, the way squid would behave when handling these multiple reloads may create a situation where a user has been added onto the ACL but Squid has failed to reload properly, causing the user to be denied access to the web. In that instance - is there a better way to make Squid aware of changes to an ACL as they happen or is reloading the only way? Regards Rob
