Re: [squid-users] squid fresh installation question????????

have you tried running this in your terminal?

/usr/local/squid/sbin/squid

this is the usual location of the squid binary if you install it
/usr/local/squid.

novelit wrote:

> where am i supposed to run ./squid? i have tried it in the squid
>directory and it says 'No such file or Directory'
>
>thanks
>gb
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Elsen Marc" <elsen@imec.be>
>To: "novelit" <novelit@intnet.mu>; <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:04 PM
>Subject: RE: [squid-users] squid fresh installation question????????
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>>Dear all,
>> I have a linux box running red hat 8.0 with
>>squid installed
>>by default.
>>
>> i have removed the squid default package
>>using webmin and
>>have installed and compiled new squid version 2.5 stable 5 in another
>>location
>> (/usr/local/squid)
>>
>> Compilation and configuration worked out
>>fine, but now my
>>main problem is client pc cannot connect to the proxy to access the
>>internet.
>> To start my squid, i use
>>/usr/local/squid/sbin squid start,
>>but it seems that there are no process of squid running since
>>when i type
>>ps -ef|grep squid, i can't find any squid process.
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>> Can anyone help me? thanks
>>
>>gb.
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> You normally don't start squid in that way ; just
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> % ./squid
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> presuming , the current directory contains the squid binary.
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> Also and if you have a valid attempt , for starting squid; check
> squid's :
>
> cache.log
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> watch for any fatal errors in there, for instance.
>
> M.
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Systems Engineer
E-Net Corporation
Binan, Laguna, Philippines