On 5/7/21 5:01 PM, Jazmine Redmond wrote: > You mentioned supported Squid versions. For Windows I see Squid versions > 3.5, 3.3 and 2.7. Which ones are supported? None of the above, IMO. Moreover, the support status of Windows (as a Squid platform) is rather difficult to define at the moment. FWIW, I tried to push for a clear Project statement regarding environment support tiers, including Windows, but no proposal gained consensus. [1] https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/619#issuecomment-622063467 > Additionally, what are the supported versions for Linux? Squid v4. HTH, Alex. > On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:04 AM Alex Rousskov wrote: > > On 5/6/21 12:09 AM, Jazmine Redmond wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am having issues getting Squid to use the hosts file on the > squid server. > > > > I added the hosts_file configuration directive to my squid config file > > as follows: > > > > hosts_file C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts > > > > But, when my squid client browser specifies a URL with a machine name > > listed in the hosts file, squid returns an error that says: > > > > “Unable to determine IP address from host name. The DNS server > returned: > > Name Error: the domain name does not exist. This means that the cache > > was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.” > > > > So, it seems that squid is NOT using my hosts file. > > > > I have tried using forward slashes (/) and backward slashes (\) in the > > hosts_file configuration directive, yet the error persists. > > > > I have verified the path to the hosts file is correct and I restart > > Squid each time I make edits to the configuration file. Yet the error > > persists. > > > > I am running Squid version 3.5.28 on Windows 10. > > > > Am I missing something? > > Supported Squid versions are known to use /etc/hosts file. I do not know > whether there are any Windows-specific or v3-specific bugs in that area. > Unfortunately, very few people responding on this mailing list are using > Squid v3 and Squid on Windows in general. That is probably why you are > not getting any responses. > > If you can try a supported Squid version, please do so (especially if > you can try it on Linux). You may also share a pointer to a compressed > cache.log after setting debug_options to ALL,9 in case somebody > volunteers to help you with triage. > > Alex. > _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users
