Comment 12 for bug 12709

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Debian Bug Importer (debzilla) wrote :

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Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:46:50 +0100
From: Oliver Siegmar <email address hidden>
To: Luigi Gangitano <email address hidden>
Cc: <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#294431: Installation error on machines lacking a FQDN

On Wednesday 09 February 2005 21:29, Luigi Gangitano wrote:
> What would you suggest it'd be a reasonable value for visible_hostname
> if there's no FQDN set?

localhost.localdomain ?!

...at least this is the default entry for 127.0.0.1 on a new sarge box.

> Do you see this bug makeing the package unusable or causing data loss or
> introducing a security hole?

The spool directory isn't created and therefore squid won't start.

So the package _IS_ unusable until you edit /etc/squid.conf and set
visible_hostname to something.

Cheers,
Oliver