squid/README



    1 README for squid 3.x
    2 
    3 REQUIREMENTS
    4 
    5 PRE-INSTALL
    6 1. Create user/group squid with a unused id < 99:
    7    'groupadd -g 40 squid'
    8    'useradd -g squid -u 40 -d /var/squid -s /bin/false squid'
    9    'passwd -l squid'
   10 
   11 POST-INSTALL
   12 1. squid requires a mounted /dev/shm for shared memory access
   13 2. add a cache_dir entry to /etc/squid/squid.conf:
   14    cache_dir aufs /var/squid 2000 16 256
   15 3. run '/usr/sbin/squid -z' to build the cache structure
   16 
   17 PRECAUTION
   18 1. all directories used by squid must be chown to 
   19    squid.squid or to the effective cache user/group defined 
   20    in squid.conf