Running Squid inside a Chroot Jail

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Contents

  1. Running Squid inside a Chroot Jail
    1. create directory tree and copy files
    2. modify squid.conf

create directory tree and copy files

mkdir -p /usr/local/squid3/var/cache/squid3
chown proxy:nogroup /usr/local/squid3/var/cache/squid3
mkdir -p /usr/local/squid3/var/log/squid3
mkdir -p /usr/local/squid3/var/run/nscd
chown proxy:nogroup /usr/local/squid3/var/run
mkdir -p /usr/local/squid3/etc
mkdir -p /usr/local/squid3/lib
mkdir -p /usr/local/squid3/var/spool/squid3
chown proxy:nogroup /usr/local/squid3/var/spool/squid3
mkdir -p /usr/local/squid3/usr/share/squid3
cp /usr/share/squid3/mime.conf /usr/local/squid3/usr/share/squid3/
cp -r /usr/share/squid3/icons /usr/local/squid3/usr/share/squid3/
mkdir -p /usr/local/squid3/etc
cp /etc/resolv.conf /usr/local/squid3/etc/
cp /etc/nsswitch.conf /usr/local/squid3/etc/
mkdir -p /usr/local/squid3/lib
cp /lib/libnss_dns* /usr/local/squid3/lib/
mkdir -p /usr/local/squid3/usr/lib/squid3
cp /usr/lib/squid3/* /usr/local/squid3/usr/lib/squid3/

modify squid.conf

chroot /usr/local/squid3

ConfigExamples/ChrootJail (last edited 2021-07-03 10:54:52 by FrancescoChemolli)