Re: Proxy server with Apache

[Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de>]

On 22 Jul 1999, Ramin Motakef wrote:

> >     % squidclient http://www.netscape.com/ > test
> > 
> You have to set permissions in /etc/squid.conf. Look for something
> like:
> http_access allow "some acl"
> To get started:  "http_access allow all"  as last entry. 
OK, this test seems to work so far.  Do you have any example
how to define an acl?
 
> The name of the Host and the Port of the proxy_server eg.:
> proxy 3128.
> It's probably a good idea to write an proxy autoconfiguration file if
> you have a lot of clients. 
> If you are interested i can send you an example.
I wrote such a file for another proxy server and it worked so far
that I got no errors.  Anyway I didn't know any method to check,
whether the pages are *really* cached, i.e. if the PAC file works.

I tried to merge this PAC file with the example in the squid FAQ,
for the proxy I installed here and here I have the possibility to
check whether the pages are cached or not.  I do an
   `ls -lR /var/spool/squid`
and compare the output with a former one.
Unfortunately there aren't any differences so far.  So I suspect
that something is wrong with my PAC fiel and a working example
would be welcome.

Is there any method to debug such things straightforeward?

Kind regards

        Andreas.