The # lines are commented default settings. If you wanted to you could just get rid of all the lines that began with a #.
I went through the original conf file and wherever a made a change I added an extra line above the change, that read: "# added <date> ..by chris" That way I could do a search on "# added" and scroll down through all the lines I changed/added. Those would be the only lines that I'd need to run Squid. This also assists in helping you keep track of changes, what works, what needs removing/changing, etc. As for a default conf file, there are so many different ways of setting it up, different uses for it, that there would be a lot of "default" config files. Ie: you might want to use one form of authentication as a web facing proxy server, that your internal users would be using. I might want to set it up in a accelerated mode to protect and simplify access to our internal web servers to the public internet users, using a different form of authentication. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Peter Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 12:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [squid-users] Newbie questions Hi all. I just installed squid (last week), and have been playing around with it for a bit .... I would like to try and reduce the conf file by oh say ... 2000 lines :) .. but I really don't understated what allot of the configurations are for .. even after reading endless amounts of docs .... Does any one have a good "default" squid config .. that only allows for normal http and ftp stuff. My second question has to do with stats ... I have been trying mrtg .. I have it installed .. but I can not figure out how to make it show a graph ... If someone knows how to do this I would Really appreciate it .... I fond a page with a load of config files on it ... but I am not sure how to get them to work. The page I found was this: http://howto.aphroland.de/HOWTO/MRTG/SquidMonitoringWithMRTG Anyway, if someone who does not mind helping out a newbie would not mind giving me a hand, I would REALLY appreciate it .... I am more stuck on the last question ..... Thank you. Peter Marshall
