Re: Problem creating swap directories

From: Henrique Pantarotto <scanner@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 12:38:45 -0300

Hello Laura,

/root/squid/cache probably doesn't exist, or its not owned by the user that
Squid uses (usually 'nobody'). You can fix this with "chown nobody
/root/squid/cache".

You'll probably need to chown the "logs" dir too.

Good luck!

At 10:48 25/05/99 -0400, you wrote:
>When I try to run squid I get the following message:
>
>FATAL: failed to make swap directory /root/squid/cache: (13)
>Permission denied
>
>Is this because I am running it as root? Are there problems
>associated with running squid as root?
>
>Thanks.
>
>--
>Laura M. Padilla
>--------------------
>lpadilla@cise.ufl.edu
>
>"I and I say, Rasta come speak the truth.
>For righteousness shall stand strong in Babylon".
> - Cultura Profetica

Henrique Pantarotto
Coord. Técnico Operacional
CEPAnet Internet Provider
Web: http://www.cepa.com.br
Tel. suporte: +55 (011) 5506-8477
Sao Paulo - Brasil
Linux Friend
Received on Tue May 25 1999 - 09:45:37 MDT

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