Re: [squid-users] strtocFile WARNING: empty ACL

adrian.wells wrote:
> SQUID 2.5 stable12

Please try a later version of squid.

>
> Have just built a SuSE linux box and installed squid, as I have done
> many times, copied the conf and ACL text files from a running proxy and
> get the following list of errors for each ...
>
> 2008/02/19 10:27:42| strtokFile: /etc/squid/etc/girls.txt
> 2008/02/19 10:27:42| aclParseAclLine: WARNING: empty ACL:
> auid/etc/girls.txt"

I'm thinking at first glance that "auid" might be a problem.
It's usually a sign of non-ascii characters cut-n-pasted into the
squid.conf text.

>
> If I copy and past the address in the error to a file browser, I get to
> see the file!
>
> This works perfectly on the previous machine running the same version of
> SuSE & Squid!
> I have re-installed squid.
> Can anyone please offer a solution?
>
> Kind regards
> Adrian
>
> girls.txt is just a list of MAC addresses
> e.g.
> 00:1B:77:8A:D5:CF # Wir User Name
> 00:1B:24:7E:CB:B1 # LAN User Name
> etc.
>
> <SNIP squid conf>
> # Groups follow...
> #
>
> acl girls arp "/etc/squid/etc/girls.txt"
> acl temp arp "/etc/squid/etc/temp.txt"
>
> acl boys arp "/etc/squid/etc/boys.txt"
> acl staff arp "/etc/squid/etc/staff.txt"
> #
> # Times follow...
> #
> acl 24Hr time M T W H F A S 00:00-23:59
> </SNIP>
>
>

Amos

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