opt/squid

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. add a cache_dir entry to /etc/squid/squid.conf:
   cache_dir diskd /var/squid 2000 16 256
2. 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