RE: [squid-users] max_filedesc increase in squid-3.0.STABLE16-1.el5.i386.rpm

Ok so if I just upgrade to squid-3.1.8-1.el5.i386.rpm will I be able to adjust max_filedesc in squid.conf?

thx

-----Original Message-----
From: Amos Jeffries [mailto:squid3_at_treenet.co.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 6:08 PM
To: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] max_filedesc increase in squid-3.0.STABLE16-1.el5.i386.rpm

 On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:19:23 -0400, Raymond Leonard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Trying to upgrade file descriptors from 1024 to 2048. When I try to
> add the max_filedesc 2048 to /etc/squid/squid.conf and restart squid
> It is saying:
> 2011/03/29 12:09:34| cache_cf.cc(346) squid.conf:41 unrecognized:
> 'max_filedesc'
> 2011/03/29 12:09:34| Initializing https proxy context
> Starting squid: [FAILED]
>
> I have been reading that squid needs to be compiled with the
> /configure. --with-filedescriptors option, but I installed from a
> pre-built rpm.
> Is the solution just to upgrade to squid-3.1.8-1.el5.i386.rpm?

 Yes. 3.0 needs a rebuild to change the max in Squid. If the limit is reduced from that by ulimit then changign ulimit is all that is needed.

 Amos
Received on Tue Mar 29 2011 - 22:13:43 MDT