Re: default cache user

> On Fri, Aug 24, 2007, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>>
>> A while ago I patched my branch to allow configure-time setting
>> (--with-cache-user=USER) of the squid run-time default user.
>>
>> I'm thinking this is worth adding to 3.0 before release.
>> - it has been well tested now by me (~1 month use in production).
>> - it reduces the patch level needed by OS maintainers
>> - it only touches the squid.conf parser by making the default
>> an autoconf macro instead of hard-coded.
>
> Not from me. What about calling it "default-cache-user" and
>

I wondered about that. I don't exactly have a preference, just picked a
shorter one. Though I suppose "--with-default-user" is better.

> "default-cache-group" ?

"group" is not involved/configurable that way. Squid pulls default group
from host passwd file seperately. cf.data.pre explains how.

Amos
Received on Thu Aug 23 2007 - 20:44:50 MDT