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    Squid+Squidguard Broken after 2.3 update

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      javcasta
      last edited by

      Hello.

      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=109733.msg610994#msg610994

      Ok after a couple of different methods to try and make it  work, uploading tar file, ungz , untar, create and delete folder, move thing s around,

      Frustrated I went to my original backup before updating to 2.3, restored it, enabled squid.

      And heres the magic, it appears I have to spam the download button (5+ clicks under 2 secs) in squidGuard>Blacklist>Download and tada, it started working.

      Hope this might help anyone with this specific problem,

      Cheers

      Its ok for me the "magic click" :)

      Thanks vagrant00

      Regards.

      Javier Castañón
      Técnico de comunicaciones, soporte y sistemas.

      Mi web: https://javcasta.com/

      Soporte scripting/pfSense https://javcasta.com/soporte/

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        stoofz
        last edited by

        I had the same problem of the blacklist not being able to be downloaded (Jumping back to 0% even after smashing the button repeatedly, 5 times in 2 seconds ) I was using Firefox… ended up trying it in Chrome and it worked fine on the first click. Blacklist update complete  ;D

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          Visseroth
          last edited by

          @javcasta:

          Hello.

          https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=109733.msg610994#msg610994

          Ok after a couple of different methods to try and make it  work, uploading tar file, ungz , untar, create and delete folder, move thing s around,

          Frustrated I went to my original backup before updating to 2.3, restored it, enabled squid.

          And heres the magic, it appears I have to spam the download button (5+ clicks under 2 secs) in squidGuard>Blacklist>Download and tada, it started working.

          Hope this might help anyone with this specific problem,

          Cheers

          Its ok for me the "magic click" :)

          Thanks vagrant00

          Regards.

          Worked for me! Thanks!

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            dannyb2100
            last edited by

            @Rickinfl:

            I have 5 Pfsense Boxes running just basics with Squid and SquidGuard. I had the same issue with upgrading.  Here is what I did to fix it.

            1. Uninstall both packages.
            2. ssh into console

            Delete these folders. ( I had to do rm -rf )

            rm  /var/squid
            rm  /var/squidGuard
            rm  /logs/squid
            rm  /logs/squidGuard

            3. Reboot
            4. Install Squid
            5. Install SquidGuard
            6. Reboot

            Everything worked after that. All my settings were in tact and blacklist download worked. I tried reinstalling and it didn't work. I'm thinking there is a folder permission issue and by removing it all and deleting the folders it allows squid and squidguard to install fresh and set folder permissions correct. I always reboot anything to make sure it loads fresh and I don't get any surprises if later down the road when it doesn't boot up and by then I forgot what I did.

            BTW. I use Squid and SquidGuard HEAVY. I have whitelist, blacklist, ACL's everywhere Groups, Common, Target Categories. All my settings fell right back in.

            Worked for me. Thanks for this :)

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              davorin
              last edited by

              Hmm..nothing works for me running on 2.3.1_p5

              Removed the directories after deinstalling squidGuard…rebooted, reinstalled...just stops immediately when enabling:

              07.07.2016 18:15:17	squidGuard stopped (1467908117.824)
              07.07.2016 18:15:17	db update done
              07.07.2016 18:15:17	squidGuard 1.4 started (1467908117.813)
              

              I might try a fresh installation on a spare pcengine gateway…

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                Visseroth
                last edited by

                I've managed to make it work on all my machines by deleting the /var/squid/cache folder contents (rm -R /var/squid/cache/*) and then re-creating the folders with squid -z
                Sometimes removing everything in the cache and then reinstalling squid and squidguard then running squid -z works. Be sure to check your system logs for errors.

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                  bonzi
                  last edited by

                  @Rickinfl:

                  I have 5 Pfsense Boxes running just basics with Squid and SquidGuard. I had the same issue with upgrading.  Here is what I did to fix it.

                  1. Uninstall both packages.
                  2. ssh into console

                  Delete these folders. ( I had to do rm -rf )

                  rm  /var/squid
                  rm  /var/squidGuard
                  rm  /logs/squid
                  rm  /logs/squidGuard

                  3. Reboot
                  4. Install Squid
                  5. Install SquidGuard
                  6. Reboot

                  Thanks this got it up and going for me as well. Interestingly this also seems to have solved the problems I was also having with the webgui crashing with 502/504 errors.

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                    Bentley
                    last edited by

                    I'm new to pfsense how do I get in to ssh console

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                      Visseroth
                      last edited by

                      There is a command option under diagnostics. When you execute a command let it complete before giving it a new command.

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                        Bentley
                        last edited by

                        When I try to delete log for squid or squid guard it says access denied what aim I doing wrong or what can I do to delete the logs for squid and squid guard

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                          Visseroth
                          last edited by

                          First make sure the package is no longer installed and then…

                          chmod -R 777 /var/squid
                          rm -R /var/squid

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                            Bentley
                            last edited by

                            Yo got'er going thanks a lot got squidguard started
                            PS any-recommendation on how to block YouTube.com the  easyway or simpleway it's eating up my banwith Iam giving out 30 ip addresses can I slow them down

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                              Visseroth
                              last edited by

                              I'd look into using pfblocker for that and/or block it via DNS

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                                Bentley
                                last edited by

                                Thanks  :

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                                  Kalle13
                                  last edited by

                                  @vagrant00:

                                  Ok after a couple of different methods to try and make it  work, uploading tar file, ungz , untar, create and delete folder, move thing s around,

                                  Frustrated I went to my original backup before updating to 2.3, restored it, enabled squid.

                                  And heres the magic, it appears I have to spam the download button (5+ clicks under 2 secs) in squidGuard>Blacklist>Download and tada, it started working.

                                  Hope this might help anyone with this specific problem,

                                  Cheers

                                  It worked! :D
                                  You saved me a lot of time.
                                  Thank you!

                                  Cheers

                                  "Jeder kocht mit Wasser, man kann das Binsenweisheit nenn`. Der unterschied zu dir ist, dass wir zwei kochen könn`"

                                  • Kinderzimmer Productions
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                                    aleks-nl5
                                    last edited by

                                    @vagrant00:

                                    Ok after a couple of different methods to try and make it  work, uploading tar file, ungz , untar, create and delete folder, move thing s around,

                                    Frustrated I went to my original backup before updating to 2.3, restored it, enabled squid.

                                    And heres the magic, it appears I have to spam the download button (5+ clicks under 2 secs) in squidGuard>Blacklist>Download and tada, it started working.

                                    Hope this might help anyone with this specific problem,

                                    Cheers

                                    Thx!

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                                      ogpfsense
                                      last edited by

                                      hi

                                      my box stopped the services squid and squidguard
                                      i dont errase just ….

                                      i do the nest script into ssh commands

                                      My problems is gone after this steps:

                                      mv /var/squid/cache /var/squid/cache.old
                                      squid -z
                                      rm -rf /var/squid/cache.old

                                      thanks sir

                                      ver
                                      squid 0 4 37
                                      and
                                      squidguard1 16 2

                                      thanks a lot to all you for your effort.... i have running my fw aggan working

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