Some, but not all, changes can take effect with a 
squid -k reconfigure
So, for example if you edit ACLs you can apply them without restarting squid.
James Zuelow....................CBJ MIS (907)586-0236
Network Specialist...Registered Linux User No. 186591 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Roland [mailto:R_O_L_A_N_D_at_hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Friday, 29 May, 2009 10:36
> To: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
> Subject: [squid-users] restarting squid without affecting clients?
> 
> Hello,
> 
> this might be common knowledge to some of you..
> but as I'm still fine tuning my squid setup. I need to 
> restart squid for the 
> new changes in squid.conf to take effect.
> needless to say with each restart browsing stops for about 30 
> seconds or so 
> till squid boots up again...
> is there any way to force the changes to take effect without 
> affecting 
> users? 
> 
> 
Received on Fri May 29 2009 - 18:51:03 MDT
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