Squish - A Download Manager For Squid

1. Download squish from
http://www.ledge.co.za/software/squint/squish/

2. Unzip squish into /install/

# tar -xvzf squish-x.x.x.tar.gz

3. cd into the folder

# cd squish-0.0.18

4. Install Squash

# make install

5. Then move yourself into the squish directory that squish was installed in

# cd /usr/local/squish/

6. Then run the squish install option on the squish.pl

# ./squish.pl --install

7. Download the GD Graphics Library rpm's from the website below

http://dag.wieers.com/packages/perl-GD/

8. And then install it

# rpm -ivh perl-GD-x.x.x..fc3.rf.i386.rpm

Now set the squid ACLs to the following.

# vi /etc/squid/squid.conf

squid.conf:

### added by squish (begin)
# acl's for squish - autodetected, sometimes
acl SQUISHLOC dst mc1.fedora.directory.server
acl SQUISHED1 proxy_auth -i "/etc/squid/squished"
acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
#acl SQUISHED2 ident "/etc/squid/squished"
acl SQUISHED3 src "/etc/squid/squished"
# Error info that says you're squished
deny_info http://mc1.fedora.directory.server/squish/?squished& SQUISHED1
#deny_info http://mc1.fedora.directory.server/squish/?squished& SQUISHED2
deny_info http://mc1.fedora.directory.server/squish/?squished& SQUISHED3
# HTTP access controls for squish
http_access allow SQUISHLOC
http_access allow password !SQUISHED1
http_access deny SQUISHED1
#http_access deny SQUISHED2
http_access deny SQUISHED3
### added by squish (End)

9. Now set the redirect in the apache configuration file for the squish cgi program

#vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

httpd.conf:
include /usr/local/squish/apache-squish.conf

10. Now edit the apache-squish.conf file

# vim /usr/local/squish/apache-squish.conf

apache-squish.conf:
Alias /squish "/usr/local/squish/"

Options +ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
DirectoryIndex squish.cgi
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all


10. Restart the apache and squid servers now

# service squid restart
# service httpd restart

11. Go to http://ip-address-of-squish-server/squish/squish.cgi to see what your usage is.

12. Edit the squish.conf file to change the download/hours limits

# vi /etc/squid/squish.conf
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squish.conf:
# This file contains data formatted as follows:
#
# Blank lines and hashed stuff is for comments
# user amount/period
# bandwidth: 999[kmG]b / period: day, week, month
# time: 999[smh] / period: day, week, month
#
# Whitelist entries - they can have as much as they like
192\.168\.99\.44 25h/day
192\.168\.97\.43 25h/day
# Poor guy:
root 1h/day 1Mb/day 2Mb/week
vinod 1h/day 1Mb/day 2Mb/week
# Catchall -- people and IP's not matched by the above rules
.* 4h/day 20Mb/day 20h/week 100Mb/week
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for more details pl follow
http://www.ledge.co.za/software/squint/squish/FAQ
http://www.ledge.co.za/software/squint/squish/