>
> Interesting. Squidman lets you edit squid.conf separate from the GUI to
> your
> heart's content, so that's no problem. Is cache_effective_user a 2.6 only
> option or will that work with the 2.5 implementation?
>
It's a 2.5 legacy option. Allows you to start squid as root and it suids
down to the user.
http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/cfgman/cache_effective_user.html
Do try 2.6 though. 2.5 is obsolete and has a lot of known problems that
have been fixed in the current versions along with a lot of general
improvements.
Amos
> Amos Jeffries-2 wrote:
>>
>>> I tried that, but Squid fails to start. I am using Squidman on Mac OS
>>> X
>>> that
>>> uses squid 2.5. When I'm not logged in as root, I can't use port 80,
>>> and
>>> when I am logged in as root, I can't use squid!
>>
>> Ah, I highly recommend squid 2.6.
>> Contact the squidman developer about getting it upgraded.
>> http://homepage.mac.com/adg/SquidMan/index.html
>>
>> A cache_effective_user setting may get around the root problems, but it
>> will depend on how squidman alters the squid.conf whether any help we
>> can
>> give gets preserved or wiped on the next GUI-made update.
>>
>> Amos
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Amos Jeffries-2 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure somebody has asked this before, but I can't find anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm desperately trying to figure out how I can listen on port 80 with
>>>>> Squid
>>>>> (if it is even possible). My proxy at work only allows traffic on
>>>>> port
>>>>> 80,
>>>>> so I am trying to set up a tunnel at home for applications that use
>>>>> other
>>>>> ports. Squid doesn't let you run as root, yet you have to be root to
>>>>> access
>>>>> ports less than 1024! Is there any way to do this with squid? If
>>>>> not,
>>>>> what
>>>>> program could I use?
>>>>
>>>> Change http_port to 80 in the squid.conf. Simple as that.
>>>> BTW, what version of squid are you trying to use?
>>>>
>>>> Amos
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
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