Re: cannot create cache directory

Hi,

        Just change the owner of the cache and logs directory.

                i.e. # chown -R nobody.nogroup /usr/local/squid/cache
                     # chown -R nobody.nogroup /usr/local/squid/logs

        That will fix your problem. Also, the reason that squid does not
run as root is a security issue, so changing the ownership of these
directories is the best way to go for security purposes.

Seeya,

Dave.

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On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, P. Paprok wrote:

> Please help me,
>
> I just download squid 1.1.18 to our IBM PowerPC model250
> (OS AIX 4.1.2, gcc compiler) and build it (exactly as described
> in "INSTALL" document) for the first time without any problems.
>
> After quick config I try first start to create cache directories
> but here are problem:
>
> $ cd /usr/local/squid
> $ bin/squid -z
> 97/11/13 16:40:27| Creating Swap Directories
> FATAL: Failed to make swap directory /usr/local/squid/cache:
> (13) Permission denied
> Squid Cache (Version 1.1.18): Terminated abnormally.
> CPU Usage: user 0 sys 0
> Maximum Resident Size: 6640 KB
> Page faults with physical i/o: 0
>
> I believe that permissions was set properly (like squid want)
> during make install. Now I should change some permissions,
> but I would like to not create some security mistake.
>
>
> Is there somebody who let me know:
> - what are permissions during standard install set up so?
> - what to do to let create cache properly without creating
> some security hole? Some chmod, chown,...?
>
> Some next info:
> cache_effective_user are set to existing "nobody nobody" and
> permissions in squid directory set make install itself:
> # ls -ld /usr/local/squid
> drwxr-xr-x 5 root system 512 Nov 13 11:37 /usr/local/squid
> # ls -l /usr/local/squid
> total 24
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 512 Nov 13 11:37 bin
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 512 Nov 13 11:37 etc
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root system 512 Nov 13 11:37 logs
>
> Like root I cannot squid run and I get of course:
> # bin/squid -z
> 97/11/13 16:41:38| Squid is not safe to run as root! If you must
> 97/11/13 16:41:38| start Squid as root, then you must configure
> 97/11/13 16:41:38| it to run as a non-priveledged user with the
> 97/11/13 16:41:38| 'cache_effective_user' option in the config file.
> FATAL: Don't run Squid as root, set 'cache_effective_user'!
> Squid Cache (Version 1.1.18): Terminated abnormally.
> CPU Usage: user 0 sys 0
> Maximum Resident Size: 6608 KB
> Page faults with physical i/o: 0
>
>
> Please mail me to my e-mail: mailto:ppaprok@applet.cz
>
> Thanks
>
> pavel paprok
>
Received on Thu Nov 13 1997 - 15:31:07 MST