If squid cannot get hostname, gentoo squid script crashes in init state. example: /etc/init.d/squid start * Initializing cache directory: /var/cache/squid /etc/init.d/squid: line 32: 9752 Aborted /usr/sbin/squid -z -F 2>/dev/null * Error initializing: /var/cache/squid This is happening because squid requires visible_hostname hostname to squid.conf if it cannot get reverse name from dns? Solution: patch squid.conf to add visible_hostname hostname ?
The default visible_hostname is the machine hostname, case in which squid checks whether this name is resolvable through DNS or not. It wouldn't matter if the replied IP is local or not, neither the fact that it have a proper reverse DNS record or not. Conclusion: squid default configuration ask from you to have a hostname resolvable through DNS. I think it is a very reasonable request.
(In reply to comment #1) > The default visible_hostname is the machine hostname, case in which squid > checks whether this name is resolvable through DNS or not. It wouldn't matter > if the replied IP is local or not, neither the fact that it have a proper > reverse DNS record or not. > > Conclusion: squid default configuration ask from you to have a hostname > resolvable through DNS. I think it is a very reasonable request. Some lan proxies does't have reverse name.
The only requirement is to have a _hostname_ resolvable through DNS, not local IPs reverse-resolvable. However, I've submitted a new init script that disable the DNS test on cache_dir initialization, so next version bump will fix this issue. Furthermore, the new init script displays cache initialization output in case it fails.
