[squid-users] Squid not using hosts file

[Jazmine Redmond]

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 <
rousskov at 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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