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Network Troublshooting => Linux Servers Support => Topic started by: fun on July 26, 2004, 06:35:37 PM

Title: FATAL: visible hostname not set ! Squid problem
Post by: fun on July 26, 2004, 06:35:37 PM

my squid server is not working, it keeps telling me

FATAL: visible hostname not set

please how can i solve this problem
thanks
dav

Title: FATAL: visible hostname not set ! Squid problem
Post by: arky on August 03, 2004, 01:35:52 PM

Quote from: "fun"

my squid server is not working, it keeps telling me

FATAL: visible hostname not set

please how can i solve this problem
thanks
dav

Inside your  squid.conf file you need to set the 'visible_hostname' option.If your hostname is 'squidbox' then.

visible_hostname squidbox

Remember not toleave a 'space' before the begining of line .

if the problem persists,run squid in debug mode and post the errors you get here.

$ squid -d 4



HTH

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