From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 9 18:25:36 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50B391065678 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 18:25:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from mx1.bjare.net (mx1.bjare.net [212.31.160.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 056E08FC0C for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 18:25:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.bjare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 263F65E1E8; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 19:25:23 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mx1.bjare.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.41 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.41 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.190, BAYES_00=-2.599, SPF_PASS=-0.001] Received: from mx1.bjare.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.bjare.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id qouzZLUYKB+Y; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 19:25:20 +0100 (CET) X-BN-MX1: ja X-BN-MailInfo: BjareNet Received: from bljbsd01.no-ip.org (c-195-216-040-164.static.bjare.net [195.216.40.164]) by mx1.bjare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 752D85E1BC; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 19:25:20 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4D77C646.7060607@eskk.nu> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:26:14 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; sv-SE; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110307 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: RW References: <4D779C5F.3000301@eskk.nu> <20110309170221.6e2595a1@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20110309170221.6e2595a1@gumby.homeunix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing squid, where should the directories be? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:25:36 -0000 On 2011-03-09 18:02, RW wrote: > On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:27:27 +0100 > Leslie Jensen wrote: > >> Hello list. >> >> I'm installing squid on a new 8.2-RELEASE machine. >> ... >> When Googling this problem I see both the use of /var/squid and >> /usr/local/squid. >> ... >> I find what I consider conflicting information, often it's quite >> dated. >> >> I could not find any advise in the Handbook. I'll be happy to help >> making a squid chapter. > > It's covered in UPDATING. If you search for squid it's the first > entry. The change was to bring squid more in line with hier(7), at the > expense of putting the default cache on a partition that's typically > undersized. > > If you want the cache on a separate partition, and you have no > good reason to put the logs on it, you might as well mount it in line > with hier. Thanks! I've found it. Well, now when all is installed and configured I think I'll stick with /usr/local/squid. In the future I'll follow the instructions from UPDATING. Would you recommend that I still use a separate partition for /var/squid even if it's on a single drive? /Leslie