That is because the file is not there as squid says. Change 'ad_block.txt' to 'ad.block.txt' in your script and all will be fine. Jenny > From: zongosaiba@xxxxxxxxx > To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:11:50 +0100 > Subject: RE: empty acl > > Amos, > > Thanks for your reply. > I have deleted the ad_block.txt and downloaded it again > I have chown the file to squid user and chmod 777 that file to make sure that there is no permissions issue. I have done the same thing for temp_ad_ in /temp directory. > Still, I get the same error message as below which I do not get on Linux for some reasons. > I believe the error occurs when the script asked squid to reconfigure "squid -k reconfigure" as you rightfully mentioned below. > All the access are correct. So that would leave me with the other option you talked about in your reply which is "file is empty" when script runs "squid -k reconfigure". There I have to admit I am lost. Did I over look something or may be the syntax of the acl below is not working in FreeBSD ? > > Kind Regards, > > a "warning: empty ACL: acl ads > > dstdom_regex "/usr/local/etc/squid/ad.block.txt everytime I run the > > script that enables the refresh of the ad.block.txt file > > #!/bin/bash > ## get new ad server list > /usr/local/bin/wget -O /tmp/temp_ad_file \ > http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=squid-dstdom-regex;showintro=0 > > ## clean html headers out of list > cat /tmp/temp_ad_file | grep "(^|" > /usr/local/etc/squid/ad_block.txt > > ## refresh squid > /usr/local/sbin/squid -k reconfigure > > ## rm temp file > rm -rf /tmp/tmp_ad_file > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Amos Jeffries [mailto:squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: 25 October 2011 02:46 > To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: empty acl > > On Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:48:28 +0100, zongo saiba wrote: > > Greetings to all , > > > > Just a quick email as I get a "warning: empty ACL: acl ads > > dstdom_regex "/usr/local/etc/squid/ad.block.txt everytime I run the > > script that enables the refresh of the ad.block.txt file. I was using > > linux (Ubuntu server > > 11.10) and never got that. I am now on freebsd 8.2; this is when the > > error above started. I modified the script and there is no issue > > there. > > > > I can't figure out for the life of me why squid 3.1 is giving that > > error message. Any help is much welcome. > > The file is empty at the time of Squid reconfigure/startup or the Squid user account does not have read access to load it. > > Amos > >
