Re: squid wouldn't start because of ttyinput

> > After successfully compiling, I installed the system, and stated as
> > follows,
> >
> > # squid &
> > 127.0.0.1 <- stderr
> > [1] + Stopped (tty input) squid
>
> Use the supplied shell wrapper to start Squid.
> * redirects stderr to a logfile
> * restarts squid when it crashes

If a program wants "tty input" and it shouldn't actually use anything
typed but instead run in the background, then just redirect /dev/null
into it to provide some input.

# squid < /dev/null >> /usr/local/squid/squid.out 2>&1 &

Hope this helps,

   Simon

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