Squid proxy

[Vikas_2]

I have a small test network and I'm trying to install squid proxy 2.4 on Linux 7.1
I don't have any DNS serevr running and I plan to resolv it through hosts file. But the squid doesn;t come up with the error DNS lookup failed. Is it necessary to have DNS running or there is some way to bypass it.Any suggestions!

TAI
Vikas

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

Try http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Squid+proxy++/etc/hosts&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rnum=3&ic=1&selm=x7k98k3mwq.fsf%40frobozz.unixperts.com

[Jerome Fenal_1 · Accepted solution]

squid does some DNS checks before starting.
To disable these, add option -D to squid command line, and there it goes.

Regards,

Jerome