[squid-users] question in :src/cf.data.pre "

[--Ahmad--]

ok great point amos .
is there a way to change the default config squid file for squid ?

i mean i want to change the default location  from /etc/squid/squid.conf to something else 
?

can i change that from code cc before compile ?


cheers 


> On Dec 12, 2017, at 6:42 PM, Amos Jeffries <squid3 at treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> On 13/12/17 04:12, --Ahmad-- wrote:
>> @amos about your question .
>> i think “include option “ is ok , but i also need it to be hidden and not added to squid.conf
>> say like :
>> include /var/test.cc
>> would like this is loaded automatically and don’t need to add it in squid.conf ???
>> i mean each time i run squid it will load like include other file .
>> i tried to add into pre file below config :
>> NAME: include
>> TYPE: string
>> LOC: Config.include
>> DEFAULT: /var/test.cc <http://test.cc>
>> DOC_START
>>     Hello
>> DOC_END
> 
> Not like this. "include" is a hard-coded behaviour, not a normal directive. It needs to be used like the Debian patch does, with "squid.conf" file being the pre-determined settings and users in control of the other stuff pulled in by 'include' from somewhere else.
> 
> 
> OR, you just use the -f command line option to point at your custom config file when you run Squid "from terminal".
> 
> 
> I wasn't going to bother asking for a fourth time, but since Anthony did "who are you trying to hide this from?" is still unanswered. Anyone who might see these settings in the config file can also find them by other means (ie looking at the machines open ports). So the lengths you are going to hide them is very weird.
> 
> 
> Amos