Re: [squid-users] Port Changing in Fedora 8

Steve B wrote:
> Sorry, forgot to reply to squidusers again.
>
> 1) I want to use another port because where I am, no other port is
> open. The port is 81.
> 2) I put inside of my .conf file: http_port 81.
> 3) Not from what the grep command had said. Someone else suggested to
> use it so I used it. Supposedly nothing.
> 4) Not from what I had seen.

Ports under 1024 have three problems that are usually seen to fail startup:

* Something else already using it.

* Starting squid as user other than root.

* SELinux security policy preventing even root opening the port.

Amos

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> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Peter Albrecht
> <peter.albrecht@novell.com> wrote:
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thursday 28 February 2008 20:18, Steve B wrote:
> > > I am trying to change the port that Squid uses from 3128(default) to
> > > something other than it obviously. My main problem is that when I
> > > change the port to Anything, even 3127(made something up), squid will
> > > NOT start. For example when I type the command 'service squid start'
> > > with the port at 3128, it will start, but if it is anything other then
> > > that, it will go: 'Starting Squid......................... [FAILED]'
> > >
> > > Any help?
> >
> > Some questions:
> >
> > 1) _Why_ do you want to use another port? You have to tell the clients
> > anyway.
> > 2) _How_ did you configure the other port? What is in your http_port
> > directive?
> > 3) Is there any other service running on the port you want to use? Try
> > "nmap ip-of-your-server" to see if any service is running on that port.
> > 4) Is there any information in the log files?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > --
> > Peter Albrecht, Novell Training Services
> >
>
>
>
> --
> -Steve
>
>
>

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There are serious security advisories out on all earlier releases.