Re: [squid-users] Urgent Help with starting Squid

If you simply run it as root it will drop privilages to the user
you specify in the config file. Besides, it will start as root
when you reboot anyway. Dont worry about starting it as
someone else, just make sure it drops to your user.

Dave.
OpteqSec.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Darby" <greg.darby@ramelec.com.au>
To: "Squid-Users" <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 12:36 PM
Subject: [squid-users] Urgent Help with starting Squid

> Hi,
>
> As new to Linux i am still having a bit of trouble with Squid.
>
> If i log on as root Squid works fine. If i log on as Admin (I created
this)
> Squid will not run at all. In the squid.conf file i have Squid set to look
> at "squid" for the id and group, not the default "nobody".
>
> In the Linux shell i have done the following, as per instructions given.
>
> chown -R squid.squid /usr/local/squid
> chmod g+s /usr/local/squid /usr/local/squid/src
>
> I had already created the User and Group called "squid" prior to the
above.
> I have added the group "squid" to the Admin User.
>
> Can anyone help? I am new at Linux and get the impression that it's best
not
> to run the box at "root" level day to day.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
> ______________________
>
> Greg Darby
> Systems Administrator
> Ramelec (SA) Pty Ltd
> 2 Ontario Ave Panorama
> South Australia 5041
> Tel: +61 8 83742100
> Fax: +61 8 83742102
> _______________________
>
>
>
============================================================================
=================
> This email and any attachment has been checked for the presence of known
Virus's by Ramelec's NTMail Virus Scanner.
>
Received on Sun Jan 13 2002 - 03:59:56 MST