Hi Jenny, Thanks very much for replying to my question. I'm a bit confused -- are you saying that you don't see my problem on your Squid 3.2 installation? My /etc/resolv.conf just reads search XXX nameserver XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX I did try restarting squid after I had changed /etc/hosts, but it made no difference. Thanks for any further help you can give! David On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 6:08 PM, Jenny Lee <bodycare_5@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > >> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:28:21 -0700 >> From: dnwake@xxxxxxxxx >> To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Is there any way to configure Squid to use local /etc/hosts in name resolution? >> >> Hi there, >> >> I'm using Squid 3.1 as part of a proxy chain. I'm trying to make >> Squid use the local /etc/hosts file for name resolution before >> forwarding the request to the next proxy in the chain, but I've been >> unable to make it work, even by explicitly using the hosts_file >> directive. I'd be really grateful if anyone could help! >> >> Here's an example: >> >> I'll access a website normally via the proxy, with no weirdness in /etc/hosts >> >> > cat /etc/hosts >> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost >> > echo $http_proxy >> http://localhost:3128 >> > curl http://yahoo.com >> The document has moved <A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com/";>here</A>.<P> >> <!-- w33.fp.sk1.yahoo.com uncompressed/chunked Wed Oct 26 17:12:17 >> PDT 2011 --> >> >> >> Now I'll change /etc/hosts to point yahoo.com to google.com. Notice >> that the proxy doesn't respect this: it still goes to yahoo.com >> rather than google.com. > >> > DNS responses are cached both by squid and local resolver. Are you reloading squid at this point? My 3.2 works fine with /etc/hosts mods > > I am assuming order is alright in /etc/resolv.conf (judging from the tests below I will say it is). > > Jenny
