Re: [squid-users] Re-reding /etc/hosts file with -k

On 07.07 16:21, Andre D. Correa wrote:
> Hi Squid-users, my question is more to the dev list but I'm not a Squid
> developer so its better not disturb then.
>
> In my setup I need to be able to send a signal to Squid to force it to
> read /etc/hosts again. I need it because I have a PPPoE concentrator and
> the hosts file is updated each time a new user connects or disconnects.

in such case, you probably should look at the alternative way - installing
local DNS server (e.g. dnsmasq) that will read /etc/hosts and provide stored
hosts via DNS lookups.

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