The problem is - during a fresh install, a hostname is asked.  Because I
am on a local network without my own DNS, I put a bogus domain name in.

Previously this worked without a problem and squid was happy (as was all
other services like apache)

Recently (as in the last month or so of Cooker) - squid has been
complaining about this - this was not the case previously.

This should work simply out-of-the-box and not require a user to modify
hostname info just to satisfy squid.

Also, when it says "please set 'visible_hostname'" - how is an average
usr supposed to know where to look next?  I could solve this problem
myself, but why should I have to after a fresh install - this should
simply work.  

It is my understanding that this distribution is trying to be as simple
as possible for an average desktop user (trying not to compromise
flexibility) - I'm just trying to _play_ normal user here during an
install - the errors are sometimes not descriptive enough for a "normal"
user to figure it out . . . . it should just work.

Cheers,
R.Fox


On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 16:52, Borsenkow Andrej wrote:
> > 
> > Squid is failing after a fresh Cooker install:
> > 
> > [root@foxbase rfox]# squid -k check
> > FATAL: Could not determine fully qualified hostname.  Please set
> > 'visible_hostname'
> > 
> 
> So, where is the problem?
> 
> 
> -andrej
> 



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