Thanks for the reply. You mentioned supported Squid versions. For Windows I see Squid versions 3.5, 3.3 and 2.7. Which ones are supported? Additionally, what are the supported versions for Linux?
Jazmine On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:04 AM Alex Rousskov < rouss...@measurement-factory.com> wrote: > On 5/6/21 12:09 AM, Jazmine Redmond wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am having issues getting Squid to use the hosts file on the squid > server. > > > > I added the hosts_file configuration directive to my squid config file > > as follows: > > > > hosts_file C:/Windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts > > > > But, when my squid client browser specifies a URL with a machine name > > listed in the hosts file, squid returns an error that says: > > > > “Unable to determine IP address from host name. The DNS server returned: > > Name Error: the domain name does not exist. This means that the cache > > was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.” > > > > So, it seems that squid is NOT using my hosts file. > > > > I have tried using forward slashes (/) and backward slashes (\) in the > > hosts_file configuration directive, yet the error persists. > > > > I have verified the path to the hosts file is correct and I restart > > Squid each time I make edits to the configuration file. Yet the error > > persists. > > > > I am running Squid version 3.5.28 on Windows 10. > > > > Am I missing something? > > Supported Squid versions are known to use /etc/hosts file. I do not know > whether there are any Windows-specific or v3-specific bugs in that area. > Unfortunately, very few people responding on this mailing list are using > Squid v3 and Squid on Windows in general. That is probably why you are > not getting any responses. > > If you can try a supported Squid version, please do so (especially if > you can try it on Linux). You may also share a pointer to a compressed > cache.log after setting debug_options to ALL,9 in case somebody > volunteers to help you with triage. > > Alex. >
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