Re: Squid won't release rc.local after it starts

On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Robert Jackson wrote:

> I have just built squid 2.0 and all runs well, except I cannot get squid to
> run correctly on startup.
>
> I have tried using the lines provided in the faq but when squid is run from
> rc.local or init.d it goes into daemon mode but fails to let the rest of the
> boot process complete.

Make sure you background it like so:

/usr/local/squid/bin/squid &
                           ^-- Note the '&'

Seeya...Q

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Received on Sat Oct 10 1998 - 18:58:14 MDT