Re: [squid-users] is it bad to constantly reload squid.conf

Jeff Peng wrote:
> You will 'squid -k reconfig' for reloading the new config file.
> This is safe enough form what I checked in the sources years ago.
> But if you reconfig it too frequently, I don't know the result.
>
> Regards.

Squid will not accept new requests for the period it takes to reload the
config, restart the helpers, and write the cache index to disk and read
it back in again.

Amos

>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: squid <squid_at_manning.nottingham.sch.uk>
> To: Squid Users <squid-users_at_squid-cache.org>
> Subject: [squid-users] is it bad to constantly reload squid.conf
> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:17:25 +0000
>
> Hello,
>
> My question is, would it be 'bad' to reload squid.conf, up to 100 times
> within a very short space of time? If so, is there a 'better' way of
> getting Squid to acknowledge changes made to an ACL?
>
> I work in a school and have created an ACL which reads in pupils network
> ids from an external text file this then allows them to access the web.
> The contents of this file are dynamic and pupils ids are added via a php
> script after they agree to abide by the schools internet policy.
>
> Currently, every time a new user is added to the list the squid
> configuration file is reloaded. It is possible that this may happen many
> times (up to 100) within a few seconds.
>
> I'm a bit of a newbie to all of this so apologies if i'm going over old
> ground..
>
> Many Thanks
>
>
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