Re: [squid-users] Cache Manager

Robert Adkins wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> This begs a question from me.
>
> What kind of things is one able to manage remotely in regards to the
> cache? I have briefly looked through the User's Guide and haven't seen
> anything that leapt out at me.

 Basically , the instrumental interface to SQUID (cachemgr) offers
 more statistics then management functionality.

>
> There are a few things that I would like to be able to with Squid. Such
> as, have Squid download several pages from msnbc.com, which a few of the
> managers read throughout the day. Is this something that can be remotely
> controlled from the cache?

 Not really, I think there is a program called 'client' in the
 distribution which may be able to do that.

 Personally I don't think that such actions are very usefull,
 since it may defeat the goal of a webcache (reducing webtraffic).

 M.

>
> Regards,
> Robert Adkins
> IT Manager/Buyer
> IMPEL Industries, Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Elsen [mailto:marc.elsen@imec.be]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 3:42 PM
> To: mailinglistsquid-users@squid-cache.org; John Lee; Robert Adkins
> Cc: Squid Users (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Cache Manager
>
>
>
> John Lee wrote:
> >
> > I would like to manage the squid cache from a remote workstation. When
> I
> > try to access the cache manager from webmin I get an access denied. How
> > do set the access rules for managing the cache remotely?
>
> You need an acl for that : I have e.g :
>
> http_access allow manager internal_net
>
> (of course 'internal_net' is defined somewhere else)
>
> Check squid.conf , and make the needed changes.
>
> M.
>
> >
> > regards
> > jrlee
> > Dallas Design Systems
> > Makers of Office Inventory Manager, Golf Stat Pro and AltheaCMS
> >
> >
>
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