Re: [squid-users] Starting helpers with ipv6 disabled

On 11/07/2013 5:40 a.m., Michael Graham wrote:
> On 7/10/2013 1:41 PM, Antony Stone wrote:
>> On Wednesday 10 July 2013 at 19:30:17, Michael Graham wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm having a problem that whenever I disable ipv6 on a machine I cannot
>>> start the helpers:
>>
>> http://wiki.squid-
>> cache.org/Features/IPv6#How_do_I_make_squid_use_IPv6_to_its_helpers.3F
>>
>> might help.
>>
>>
>> Antony.
>>
>
>
> That did fix it, thanks.
>
> So now I've got a new question:
>
> "With squid external ACL helpers there are two new options ipv4 and
> ipv6. Squid prefers to use unix pipes to helpers and these are
> ignored. But on some networks TCP sockets are required."
>
> What about my network make squid use a tcp socket rather than a unix one?

Nothing in particular to worry about. The code has changed slightly
since that was written and the external ACL helpers now always use TCP
sockets through localhost instead of pipes.

Amos
Received on Thu Jul 11 2013 - 02:08:17 MDT