Error message

nhcele · 09-07-2012, 09:08 AM

i am linux newbie and i edited my squid.conf file to include an acl but its giving me an error message when i try to restart the squid service.. this is the error
init_cache_dir /var/spool/squid... /etc/init.d/squid: line 62: 2660 Aborted
$SQUID -z -F -D >> /var/log/squid/squid.out 2>&1
Starting squid: /etc/init.d/squid: line 42: 2661 Aborted $SQUID $SQUID_OPTS >> /var/log/squid/squid.out 2>&1

acid_kewpie · 09-07-2012, 09:38 AM

read the contents of /var/log/squid/squid.out for some clues.

nhcele · 09-07-2012, 09:42 AM

its saying command not found

acid_kewpie · 09-07-2012, 09:50 AM

well what command are you running??

try "less /var/log/squid/squid.out"

nhcele · 09-07-2012, 09:55 AM

Thank you, its saying FATAL: Could not determine fully qualified hostname. Please set 'visible_hostname'. how do i solve it

acid_kewpie · 09-07-2012, 10:11 AM

well, you do what the message says! edit the squid.conf file and add a "visible_hostname" entry.