Re: [squid-users] is it bad to constantly reload squid.conf

You will 'squid -k reconfig' for reloading the new config file.
This is safe enough form what I checked in the sources years ago.
But if you reconfig it too frequently, I don't know the result.

Regards.

---------- Original Message ----------
From: squid <squid_at_manning.nottingham.sch.uk>
To: Squid Users <squid-users_at_squid-cache.org>
Subject: [squid-users] is it bad to constantly reload squid.conf
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:17:25 +0000

Hello,

My question is, would it be 'bad' to reload squid.conf, up to 100 times
within a very short space of time? If so, is there a 'better' way of
getting Squid to acknowledge changes made to an ACL?

I work in a school and have created an ACL which reads in pupils network
ids from an external text file this then allows them to access the web.
The contents of this file are dynamic and pupils ids are added via a php
script after they agree to abide by the schools internet policy.

Currently, every time a new user is added to the list the squid
configuration file is reloaded. It is possible that this may happen many
times (up to 100) within a few seconds.

I'm a bit of a newbie to all of this so apologies if i'm going over old
ground..

Many Thanks

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