Re: Shutdown through cachemgr.cgi

Serguei V. Melekhov wrote:

> I don't think that shutdown mechanizm through cachemgr is good idea.
> My opinion is we have to vote for remove this command from menu.

It is not enabled by default. You have to configure a cachemgr_password
for it in order to be able use it (shutdown and config are disabled by
default).

It is a good idea when you are doing remote administration and have a
script (or init) restart Squid each time it exits.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker