RE: [squid-users] cygwin/squid DNS question

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alberto Brealey G. [mailto:beto@inalambrica.net]
> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 12:25 PM
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] cygwin/squid DNS question
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 07:35:43PM -0500, nick wrote:
> > Alberto Brealey G. wrote:
> > >
> > >I'm guessing here, since I have not used cygwin, but
> doen't it have
> > >like a /etc/resolv.conf where you can set up the DNS server
> > >information? then squid should be able to use the system (cygwin)
> > >resolver.
> > >
> > Thanks for your reply. But I still think /etc/resolv.conf as "manual
> > config". Or let me rephrase my question this way: why can't
> cygwin/squid
> > pick up the DNS setting where IE gets it? I don't know where it is,
> > could be in registry or something. In my case, the DNS is
> received as
> > part of dhcp setting (the same way dhcpcd did I guess?).
> >
>
> yep, the thing is: squid is not running under win2k like IE
> is (well, not
> really) squid is running under cygwin, and then it uses
> cygwin's resolver
> (I'm guessing here). So maybe the question is why isn't
> cygwin getting the
> information fron win2k, since it is running under win2k.
>
> hope this helps you,

Actually we have specific code in squid 2.5 and HEAD, and more in the
pipeline, to make all the 'manual' inconsistencies go away. So if you
want a more win32-like squid, try a 2.5 snapshot. Guido Serassio has
also been putting a lot of work in on top of that to make a native squid
for NT - which is coming along well. The difference between the Native
squid and the cygwin one is a) the cygwin one runs on win9x, and
supports helpers with unix sockets etc, and b) it's not as fast :].

Rob
Received on Fri Mar 22 2002 - 21:18:04 MST