Re: [squid-users] DNS name lookup tests failed.

Shaine wrote:
> Dear Friends
>
> In my Fedora core 6 box installed squid-3.0.STABLE8 by it's source in port
> 8080 and squid-2.6.STABLE13-1.fc6 installed by it's rpm in port 3128. I had
> to do go for that option according to my requirement. anyway this set-up is
> working very well.
>
> DNS taken form /etc/resolve.conf
>
> But after few days suddenly there was a following error in
> squid-3.0.STABLE8's cache.log.
>
> Performing DNS Tests...
> FATAL: ipcache_init: DNS name lookup tests failed.
> Squid Cache (Version 3.0.STABLE8): Terminated abnormally.
>
> Obviously most of the requests were failed . This is happened only in
> squid-3.0.STABLE8. No errors in squid-2.6.STABLE13-1.fc6.
>
> I found a solution as I hard corded DNS name server in squid.conf and it's
> started to work.
>
> my question is , why this type of abnormal behaviour happens in
> squid-3.0.STABLE8? Can somebody direct me to a solution please.

Is this message being displayed when booting the machine or on later
restarts?

On boot the -D option can be used to prevent testing before the system
is up. Later occurances may be a sign squid can't load the resolv.conf.

Amos

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Please use Squid 2.7.STABLE3 or 3.0.STABLE8