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    Squid and Squid Guard Services Fail to start.

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      nambi
      last edited by

      had many problems similar to this in the past, so I reformatted my pfsense and started from scratch.  Installed squid and squidguard and the system was working perfectly, then I decided to add in my "destinations" and white list from here on the problems began.

      Browsing was super slow, and often I would get a 404 error and page timing out, or a login woudl pop up asking me for a username and password therefore I was forced to turn squid off by going into the "proxy server area" and unchecking

      Allow users on interface
      Transparent proxy

      I reinstalled squid reinstalled the black list but now moved to blacklist url instead of shelah's blacklist reconfigured the blacklist, now when I try to start the service it no longer wants to start it will claim to be started but then i refresh the page and it's off , on the general page when I click on apply I get this long error as if the blacklist did not upload although I know it did, because I see the list updated. here is the error.  I constantly have the same issues with Squid and Squid guard so much so that I don't know where to look, reformatting is not an option as this is the 4th time this has occurred and this last time it only ran for 3 days and already this issue.  Does anyone have any advice? or is experiencing a similar problem?

      The following input errors were detected:

      * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_medical' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_medical' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_mixed_adult' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_mixed_adult' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_mobile-phone' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_mobile-phone' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_naturism' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_naturism' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_news' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_news' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_onlineauctions' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_onlineauctions' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_onlinegames' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_onlinegames' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_onlinepayment' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_onlinepayment' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_personalfinance' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_personalfinance' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_pets' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_pets' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_phishing' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_phishing' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_porn' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_porn' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_press' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_press' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_proxy' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_proxy' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_radio' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_radio' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_reaffected' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_reaffected' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_religion' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_religion' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_remote-control' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_remote-control' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_ringtones' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_ringtones' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_searchengines' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_searchengines' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_sect' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_sect' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_sexuality' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_sexuality' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_shopping' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_shopping' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_socialnetworking' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_socialnetworking' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_sportnews' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_sportnews' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_sports' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_sports' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_spyware' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_spyware' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_tobacco' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_tobacco' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_updatesites' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_updatesites' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_vacation' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_vacation' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_verisign' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_verisign' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_violence' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_violence' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_virusinfected' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_virusinfected' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_warez' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_warez' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_weapons' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_weapons' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_weather' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_weather' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_webmail' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_webmail' not found
          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_blacklists_whitelist' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_blacklists_whitelist' not found

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        dvserg
        last edited by

        You have problem with blacklist - reload new or disable blacklist.

        SquidGuardDoc EN  RU Tutorial
        Localization ru_PFSense

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          nambi
          last edited by

          Thanks for the reply but I don't follow you.

          1stly I updated the blacklist again and then after one hours logged in and ALL my packages were removed.

          Therefore I reinstalled the packages configured it and updated the list.

          Updated the list and now I get this

          The following input errors were detected:

          * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_BL_webradio' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_BL_webradio' not found
              * (B1) BLACKLIST 'blk_BL_webtv' error: file '/var/db/squidGuard/blk_BL_webtv' not found

          and a syntax error across the top new scrolling error across the top.

          How can I uninstall squid and squid guard then remove ANY files remaining manually so when I do reinstall it it's a completely fresh start?

          also the services stop automatically again, and now I get an error on the "proxy server" area that scrolls across the top

          squid guard and squid seem to be very buggy in my years of using it,  I have never had it run well, don't know if it's a hardware issue or it's software but it does not seem stable

          Also if I disable blacklist what good is this to me, then I have no web blocking.

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            dvserg
            last edited by

            Edit each ACL and store. Then APPLY config.

            SquidGuardDoc EN  RU Tutorial
            Localization ru_PFSense

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              nambi
              last edited by

              right now i have no ACL's right now.

              I think best would be to uninstall Squid and Squid guard then manually remove any riles left over (not sure where these are located) then reinstall.

              Right now I know how to uninstall the packages but not manually remove the remnants,

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                dvserg
                last edited by

                If you reinstall - you loose downloaded blacklist!
                After reinstallation need reconfigure/save ACL's and Default page. Then APPLY.

                SquidGuardDoc EN  RU Tutorial
                Localization ru_PFSense

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                  nambi
                  last edited by

                  I'm aware of losing the blacklist which is fine but no matter what I do even if I wait 2 hours the blacklist doesn't upload properly, therefore I want to uninstall the package and reinstall it, but i think files are being left behind I want it clean it up completely from scratch.

                  Thanks

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                    nambi
                    last edited by

                    I now have this error scrolling across the top of my pfsense.  Not sure where I can access this log, sorry it's going fast so It's hard to jot down what the error is.

                    filter load:there were errors loading the riles /tmp/rules.debug:48 /tmp/rules.debug:57 /tmp/rules.debug:58

                    syntax error in config file pf rules not loaded

                    rdr on ptot tcp from any to port 80

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                      nambi
                      last edited by

                      Removed squid completely do to errors, each time I reboot eh box the box took about 10 min as it was trying to rebuild the database so I removed Squid and Squid guard now I am trying to reinstall it and I get…

                      Downloading package configuration file... done.
                      Saving updated package information... done.
                      Downloading squid and its dependencies... done.
                      Checking for successful package installation... failed!

                      Installation aborted.

                      How many people use squid and squid guard with a black list successfully?  I have never over 2 years had it tun stable I'm wondering if it's hardware or is it just buggy and a waste of time?  Should i be looking at other sources of web filtering? OpenDNS?

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                        jemedia
                        last edited by

                        I'm having trouble getting Squid/Squidguard to work properly too. What are the alternatives for URL filtering? I'm in to anything free or low priced. openDNS is great but the free version won't allow you to control a single user - if you block something it's blocked for everyone.

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                          nambi
                          last edited by

                          Can you explain to me the issues you are having I want to compare them to what I am experiencing.

                          Thanks

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                            jemedia
                            last edited by

                            I started a thread: http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=30181

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