Re: [squid-users] SQUID automatic detection Problems

You have not configured Squid for interception caching. See the Squid FAQ
for instruction on how to configure Squid for this.

Regards
Henrik

On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 Steve.Simpson@welwyn-tt.com wrote:

>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Redhat Linux 9 server setup. I've configured Shorewall firewall
> as the main firewall and I've also setup Squid so that I can ban particular
> words and sites. I need to setup the proxy server so that it is
> automatically detected by the client PC. We're running a mixture of
> Windows 98 to XP Pro PC's
>
> I've followed the command;
>
> iptables -t nat -D PREROUTING -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT
> --to-port 3128
>
> The PC's on the network automatically detect the proxy server, BUT they get
> the following text displayed;
>
> ERROR
> The requested URL could not be retrieved
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> While trying to retrieve the URL: /
>
> The following error was encountered:
>
> Invalid URL
> Some aspect of the requested URL is incorrect. Possible problems:
>
> Missing or incorrect access protocol (should be `http://'' or similar)
> Missing hostname
> Illegal double-escape in the URL-Path
> Illegal character in hostname; underscores are not allowed
> Your cache administrator is root.
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Generated Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:10:46 GMT by WELPROXY (squid/2.5.STABLE1)
>
>
> I'm trying a whole host of websites (www.sky.com/news, www.ananova.com,
> etc)
>
> Can anybody offer any advice on how to get round this?
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
>
>
>
Received on Wed Oct 22 2003 - 09:05:44 MDT