How do I delete the cache of Squid

dataking

There should be an option on the squid cache to clear it, but I don't see it (I'm using the squid3 package).

SSH into your pfsense and cd /var/squid/cache, rm -rf *. lol

firefox

i am also using squid3
didnt find clear cache option

how do i use ssh ?

noremacyug

@firefox:

i am also using squid3
didnt find clear cache option

how do i use ssh ?

it's easy. go to "system -> advanced -> admin access" and make sure to tick the "enable secure shell" box. then click save. next, download a program called winscp, its free. once you've installed winscp, run it and click on "session" on the tree. put in your "hostname" which will be your pfsense box ip, the default port number of 22 is what pfsense is set to unless you changed it somehow. put your "root" username and password in and hit login. you should get a prompt regarding a key or something, just accept it. you can then browse your pfsense box's file system on the right pane. the left pane is your computers file system.

firefox

i am using linux ubuntu

Is there a parallel software to winscp for linux

Metu69salemi

scp on command line at least if not any other

dataking

@firefox:

i am using linux ubuntu

Is there a parallel software to winscp for linux

Open up a terminal and

ssh admin@yourpfssensebox

firefox

i use this command
and i got to this

Logout (SSH only) 8) Shell
Assign Interfaces 9) pfTop
Set interface(s) IP address 10) Filter Logs
Reset webConfigurator password 11) Restart webConfigurator
Reset to factory defaults 12) pfSense Developer Shell
Reboot system 13) Upgrade from console
Halt system 14) Disable Secure Shell (sshd)
Ping host

this is the same screen i have in the old computer i install pfsense
how i can see squid cache from here ?

Metu69salemi

at least press 8 to go shell. But i don't know any further

dataking

@Metu69salemi:

at least press 8 to go shell. But i don't know any further

`cd /var/squid/cache`, `rm -rf *`??

firefox

i get an error says
there to many Parameters

`cd /var/squid/cache`, `rm -rf *`??

Metu69salemi

I've read this that you have to use several phases
first


cd /var/squid/cache

and then

rm -rf *

firefox

It did not do anything
the mark go only one line down

fluca1978

You have to stop squid, then from a shell the command

squid -z

should suffice (it recreates the swap area, and therefore should clean also the cache).