RE: [webmin-l] squidGuard webmin module updates

[Rick M. <k5...@ve...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Gilson
> 
> One thing that bugs me is editing.  I would rather create the diff
> files and make changes directly to the db rather than the blacklist
> file itself.  Anyway, that is a wishlist for now.

In the meantime, you could make do by setting up Webmin custom 
commands and using the built-in file editor to edit the diff files.

> I wonder how your config differs.  The module relies on dbhome in
> squidguard.conf for the base path.  It then uses the default tarball
> directory paths for each blacklist to complete the path.

The author has made the assumption that your blacklists are in:

<$dbhome/blacklists/porn>
<$dbhome/blacklists/ads>
etc.

This assumption is contrary to the documentation, which says:
domainlist filename
where: filename is either a path relative to dbhome or an absolute path
(i.e. /full/path) to a database file.

So, the following combination works with squidGuard and conforms to the
documentation:
dbhome	/usr/local/squidGuard/db
domainlist	block/blacklist/porn/domains
full path	/usr/local/squidGuard/db/block/blacklist/porn/domains

The above combination does not work with the Webmin squidGuard module,
however, due to the author's incorrect assumption concerning the path.

(see http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=squidguard&m=100510251031046&w=2)

That might have been the source of Thomas' problem.

Rick