README for squid 3.x
REQUIREMENTS
PRE-INSTALL
1. Create user/group squid with a unused id < 99:
'groupadd -g 40 squid'
'useradd -g squid -u 40 -d /var/squid -s /bin/false squid'
'passwd -l squid'
POST-INSTALL
1. squid requires a mounted /dev/shm for shared memory access
2. add a cache_dir entry to /etc/squid/squid.conf:
cache_dir aufs /var/squid 2000 16 256
3. run '/usr/sbin/squid -z' to build the cache structure
PRECAUTION
1. all directories used by squid must be chown to
squid.squid or to the effective cache user/group defined
in squid.conf
