Topic: Squid prob fixed, manager broke

[David Evans]

Hi

I had a problem with squid, which the cache log told me to fix:

WARNING: filemap utilization at 88% Consider decreasing store_avg_object_size in squid.conf

I found the /etc/squid/squid.conf. The line was #'d out, so I removed the # and changed the value to 8 (was 13)

Now I have lost access to my password and manager pages from all my workstations. I don't know whether it's related or not, but it would seem like an awful coincidence if it isn't...

Other than this, the server was running for 3 months without even a  monitor. Unbelieveable to a man used to NT

[Charlie Brady]

David Evans wrote:

> Hi
>
> I had a problem with squid, which the cache log told me to
> fix:
>
> WARNING: filemap utilization at 88% Consider decreasing
> store_avg_object_size in squid.conf
>
> I found the /etc/squid/squid.conf. The line was #'d out, so I
> removed the # and changed the value to 8 (was 13)

You will lose that change next time you add a user. You should edit the squid.conf template and regenerate squid.conf - see http://www.e-smith.org/custom/

> Now I have lost access to my password and manager pages from
> all my workstations. I don't know whether it's related or not,
> but it would seem like an awful coincidence if it isn't...

Log in and see if you can access the manager pages using lynx -

lynx http://localhost/e-smith-manager/

that will bypass squid altogether. You should also be able to bypass squid by setting "No proxy for" setting for your web browser.

> Other than this, the server was running for 3 months without
> even a  monitor. Unbelieveable to a man used to NT

Good to hear it.

Charlie