Re: commBind and "can't assign requested address" error

Very wrong, in fact.

Go through and comment out all the tcp_incoming, tcp_outgoing, udp_incoming and
udp_outgoing lines in your squid.conf.

(They are actually intended to be _your_ addresses, and default to them. Route
tables take care of gateways, etc)

After you've got them commented out, then try it.

D

John P. Pagano wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Squid seems to be running in a stable manner. When I try to proxy an
> actual http request, however, my squid process outputs the following
> error:
>
> [ .. ] commBind: Cannot bind socket FD 26 to 208.28.204.1:0: (49) Can't
> assign requested address
>
> 208.28.204.1 is the IP address of the gateway I was assigned by my ISP.
> That is the address I entered in the tcp_outgoing_address tag entry in my
> squid.conf file. Is that the wrong place to put that IP address?
>
> The error my client browser returns is also interesting:
>
> "Out of file descriptors"
>
> which means that
>
> "the cache is very busy"
>
> How can that be accurate? I'm the only one trying to use the cache.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> --
> John P. Pagano
> jpagano@allegro.cs.tufts.edu
> --
> If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves.
> Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.
> --

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