RE: [squid-users] ident_lookup and mandrake 10.1

> -----Original Message----- From: James Sweet
> [mailto:James.Sweet@fone-logistics.co.uk] Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005
> 2:22 AM To: squid-users@squid-cache.org Subject: [squid-users]
> ident_lookup and mandrake 10.1
>
>
> hey all
>
> Im currently running squid 2.5 stable 6 on mandrake 10.1 and want to
> make use of the ident lookup feature to track users by the logged on
> user name instead of their IP. I tried to configure this in the
> squid.conf file but when i restarted squid it gave me and error
> saying the it did not understand the ident function. I did a bit of
> digging and found out that the in the the version of squid that i
> have the ident lookup was disabled. (I am using the version of squid
> which came with Mandrake 10.1) Being fairly new to linux i am unsure
> of how to reconfigure squid with this option enabled as i dont know
> where the configure files are located. Could anyone help. do i have
> to download the source again and recomplie that with the option
> enabled in the configure file? or can i reconfigure the existing
> install to enable the ident lookup feature. I am looking for the
> method which will cause least disruption as the server needs to be
> up to handle requests.
>
> thanks james
>

Your best bet would be to download the Source RPM
(http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=squid&submit=Search+...&
system=mandrake&arch=src) and familiarize yourself with RPM building
(http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowTo). You won't need
to understand the whole process, but having an overview will likely be
helpful.

Once you have the SRPM installed, edit the .spec file and find where the
options are passed to squid (it should be in the "%configure" section). Be
sure to change the Release version so it doesn't conflict with official
packages. Build the RPM based on the edited spec file, and install the new
RPM. You might have to restart Squid to take advantage of the new Binary
(I'm not sure if the package install does this or not).

Anyone else willing (or able) to volunteer more exact steps?

Chris
Received on Mon May 16 2005 - 13:16:18 MDT