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I'm using EFW 2.3. When I enable the HTTP Proxy (transparent) in the web interface, it looks like it succeeds (the switch goes green) but all clients receive the error: (111) Connection refused. On the status page "Content filter" is shown as STOPPED, and the dashboard shows HTTP Proxy as OFF. The log at /var/log/squid/squid.out has the following errors:

FATAL: Bungled squid.conf line 87: acl allowed_ports       port "/etc/squid/acls/ports.acl"
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE22): Terminated abnormally.
FATAL: Bungled squid.conf line 87: acl allowed_ports       port "/etc/squid/acls/ports.acl"
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE22): Terminated abnormally.
2010/05/23 18:29:28| Creating Swap Directories
FATAL: Bungled squid.conf line 90: acl allowed_ports       port "/etc/squid/acls/ports.acl"
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE22): Terminated abnormally.

(last 2 lines repeat many times, then there are many repeats of:)

FATAL: Bungled squid.conf line 91: acl allowed_ports       port "/etc/squid/acls/ports.acl"
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE22): Terminated abnormally.

/etc/squid/squid.conf lines 87-91 are:
87: acl from_green          src "/etc/squid/acls/green_subnets.acl"
88: acl to_green            dst "/etc/squid/acls/green_subnets.acl"
89:
90: # allowed ports - acls
91: acl allowed_ports       port "/etc/squid/acls/ports.acl"

I've tried starting squid at the command prompt but it fails:
root@EndianFW:/etc/squid # /etc/init.d/squid start
init_cache_dir /var/spool/squid... Starting squid:         [FAILED]

I haven't modified the squid.conf file and I'm not sure what to try next. Thanks for your help.

Reg

The problem turned out to be due to the comments following the allowed ports. I removed all the comments (e.g.: "80+#+http" was changed to "80") in the "Allowed ports and ssl ports" section of the "HTTP proxy: Configuration" page and then the service started OK.

Thank you for this reply. I had this exact problem today. I can't understand why this problem is still arising almost 4 years later. I'm using version 2.5.1.