Re: [squid-users] Request header is too large.

What should I look for in logs?

Regards,
Rikunj Patel
Systems Administrator --Raha.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elsen Marc" <elsen@imec.be>
To: "Rikunj" <Rikunj@raha.com>; <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 6:15 PM
Subject: RE: [squid-users] Request header is too large.

 
>
> Hello Gurus,
>
> I am sorry to send this question, but my search could not
> generate anything
> useful.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Server HP DL380 with 1GB RAM
> 72GB ULTRA FAST SCSI
> RHES -3
> # uname -a
> Linux BM 2.4.21-15.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Apr 22 00:18:24 EDT 2004
> i686 i686 i386
> GNU/Linux
>
> # squid -v
> Squid Cache: Version 2.5.STABLE3
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> I am getting below error from the cache.log. Tried to modify
> the config but
> did not help.
>
> 2005/04/12 17:25:27| Config 'request_header_max_size'= 10240 bytes.
> 2005/04/12 17:25:28| Request header is too large (11680 bytes)
> 2005/04/12 17:25:28| Config 'request_header_max_size'= 10240 bytes.
> 2005/04/12 17:25:28| Request header is too large (12287 bytes)
> 2005/04/12 17:25:28| Config 'request_header_max_size'= 10240 bytes.

 Mainly due , to bogus clients. Or malicious http-worming programs,
 doing wrong stuff.
 Try to identify the clients by looking in squid's access.log.

>
> My squid.conf says.
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> # cat squid.conf | grep request_header_max_size
> # TAG: request_header_max_size (KB)
> request_header_max_size 10 KB
>
> and on top of this I am also running out of file descriptors.
> I tried to increase it manually to ulimit -HSn 65534
> but it changes back to 1024.
>
> # ulimit -a
> core file size (blocks, -c) 0
> data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
> max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 4
> max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
> open files (-n) 1024
> pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
> stack size (kbytes, -s) 10240
> cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
> max user processes (-u) 7168
> virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
>
> What more should I do? Please help.
>

 - Check the FAQ on how to increase the available number
   of file descriptors.
 
 
 M.
Received on Tue Apr 12 2005 - 09:27:53 MDT