Re: [squid-users] Proxy with no cache with squid 2.4

I use:

cache_dir null /null

but this is in Squid-2.5 development versions, but I think the syntax is
still the same as in 2.4... (I have never actually used 2.3 or 2.4)

--
Henrik Nordstrom
Squid Hacker
Françoise König-Jost wrote:
> 
> Hi Henrik,
> 
> Thank you for your help. I reconfigured and recompiled squid as you
> suggested and now I get a different error:
> 
> mars:/www/squid_2.4 # bin/squid
> FATAL: Bungled squid.conf line 604: cache_dir null -1 1000
> 
> I did not find any information on the syntax of "cache_dir null".
> 
> I need some more help...
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Francoise Koenig
> 
> Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> >
> > You need to compile your Squid with support for the "null" store type.
> >
> > ./configure ... --enable-storeio=null
> >
> > Note: You might also want do use
> >
> >    no_cache deny all
> >
> > to fully stop all caching. Else Squid will still cache in memory.
> >
> > --
> > Henrik Nordstrom
> > Squid Hacker
> >
> > Françoise König-Jost wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I have just installed Squid 2.4.STABLE1 and I want to configure a proxy
> > > without cache. As suggested in the FAQs , I put "cache_dir null -1 1000"
> > > in my squid.conf file. When I try to start squid I get the following message:
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------
> > >  mars:/www/squid_2.4/bin # ./squid
> > > FATAL: Unknown cache_dir type 'null'
> 
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