Cannot start squid !!!

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Sa, den 09.04.2005 schrieb Pierre Pelletier um 17:59:

> When I try to start squid, it does not stay and leave with this message:
> 
> FATAL: Could not determine fully qualified hostname.  Please set 
> 'visible_hostname'

A verbose error message.

> I read another email with the same case and it was suggested to use 
> webmin.  I tried, learned about this new good tool but it did not help 
> !  What I need I guess is that fully qualified name.  All the exemples I 
> can find seem to be for someone who would have his own domainName 
> registred which is not my case !

No, you don't need a registered domain.

> Does it have to do with my hostname here on my pc ?... Thank you very 
> much for any clue !

Of course. Check your /etc/hosts file and the /etc/sysconfig/network
where HOSTNAME is set. What's needed to set a FQDN has been explained a
lot of times on this list (-> archive).

> Pierre Pelletier

Alexander


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