[squid-users] Squid not using hosts file

[Alex Rousskov]

On 5/7/21 5:01 PM, Jazmine Redmond wrote:

> You mentioned supported Squid versions. For Windows I see Squid versions
> 3.5, 3.3 and 2.7. Which ones are supported?

None of the above, IMO. Moreover, the support status of Windows (as a
Squid platform) is rather difficult to define at the moment. FWIW, I
tried to push for a clear Project statement regarding environment
support tiers, including Windows, but no proposal gained consensus.

[1] https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/619#issuecomment-622063467


> Additionally, what are the supported versions for Linux? 

Squid v4.


HTH,

Alex.


> On Thu, May 6, 2021 at 7:04 AM Alex Rousskov 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.
>