Squid as proxy

[mervs00024]

Hi everyone, i am a newbie in linux. i have something to consult in our house we have a dsl internet connection with 10 users
some of them are downloading mp3,movies etc.i am planning to install a linux os on 1 computer to prohibit this kind of downloading ang for going to porn sites.can someone help how can i do this and how can i achieve my goal.our dsl router is act as dhcp.


thanks for the help..

[nitinwaves]

Hi,

Its simple

just enter the block sites or content or words to block into /etc/squid/squid-block.acl

acl blocksites url_regex "/etc/squid/squid-block.acl"
http_access deny blocksites


for example
.yahoo.com
.gmail.com
sex
gambling



Cheers
Nitin
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[mervs00024]

thanks for the reply, but im still having a problem. i can still browse the website i want to block.
i have my dsl internet router this router is stand as dhcp, i set up my linux and squid with no problem.
is there anything wrong or i need to config on my linux?

[kaushalpatel1982]

Have you change the file ownership of /etc/squid/squid-block.acl to "squid" user and "squid" Group?

If not just follow the command

#chown squid:squid /etc/squid/squid-block.acl
#service squid reload

This might help you.

best of luck