Re: [squid-users] session helper issue

Hi!
Thanks for your reply.
I have tried to build squid 3.2 with patch already in separate dir and
copied ext_session_acl in my squid 3.1 installation for using it
instead squid_session. Results were the same as with old
configuration. Nothing changed.

2012/2/24 Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>:
> On 24/02/2012 11:26 a.m., Andrew Beverley wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 02:06 +0400, Vyacheslav Maliev wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>  I configured my splash like described here:
>>> http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Portal/Splash. I have
>>> chosen second example (Active Mode) and adopted it to my squid 3.0
>>> version (there is squid_session helper instead ext_session_acl). So
>>> when i go to matched URL session is not starting. Only after i go to
>>> matched URL and do squid -k reconfigure everything goes well.
>>>
>>> Is there any method to renew squid automatically?
>>
>> You are possibly experiencing a bug with the session helper that means
>> it does not synchronise correctly between squid workers. The patch
>> discussed in the following thread fixes that. Regardless of whether this
>> is your problem, you should really use a version that includes the patch
>> anyway, but I'm not sure if it was back-ported to any 3.0 versions.
>
>
> It was not. The 3.0 series is no longer maintained for anything beyond major
> security vulnerabilities.
>
> Vyacheslav, please consider an upgrade. At worst-case you can build the
> 3.1.19 sources, and copy the squid_session helper built there into your 3.0
> system. It should be a drop-in replacement.
>
> Amos
Received on Sun Feb 26 2012 - 11:49:41 MST