Re: [squid-users] Squid won't restart

Please send the following output

grep squid /etc/passwd
grep cache_effective_user /etc/squid/squid.conf
ls -l /var/spool/squid /var/spool/squid/00
ls -ln /var/spool/squid /var/spool/squid/00

Regards
Henrik

On Wednesday 12 June 2002 10:52, Linux wrote:
> Hi back again
>
> I have set the permissions on /var/spool/squid now so many times it
> is getting worn out
>
> I am out of ideas.. Help???
> Immediately below is the message I get while initialising the
> cache. The permissions are set to squid:squid recursively
>
> Initialising the Squid cache with the command squid -f
> /etc/squid/squid.conf -z ..
>
>
> 2002/06/12 15:24:41| Creating Swap Directories
> FATAL: Failed to make swap directory /var/spool/squid: (13)
> Permission denied
> Squid Cache (Version 2.4.STABLE3): Terminated abnormally.
>
>
>
> CPU Usage: 0.000 seconds = 0.000 user + 0.000 sys
> Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
> Page faults with physical i/o: 14
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linux [mailto:linux@dounsix.co.nz]
> Sent: Monday, 27 May 2002 22:27
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: RE: [squid-users] Squid won't restart
>
>
> Many thanks Joe I checked and set the cache directory but I have
> not checked the log directory.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Cooper [mailto:joe@swelltech.com]
> Sent: Monday, 27 May 2002 22:17
> To: Linux
> Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid won't restart
>
>
> Ok, in that case...
>
> Check permissions again. Make sure the cache_dir and log directory
> are writable by Squid (for example, on a Red Hat machine with Squid
> installed from RPM, Squid will run as user squid, group squid...so
> the ownership of all cache_dirs and /var/log/squid should be
> squid:squid). This is the only thing it can be if Squid is telling
> you it doesn't have permission to write to the directory.
>
> By default Squid listens on port 3128 for client connections.
> Outgoing connections will usually be on port 80. If using Squid to
> proxy for FTP and HTTPS you will also have outgoing requests on 20
> and 21 and 443. Some other ports come up as well, like 8080 and
> 8000, for standard http traffic.
>
> Return traffic back to Squid from origin servers will be on
> ephemeral or user ports, above port 1024.
>
> I think that covers it...Henrik, am I missing anything?
>
> Linux wrote:
> > The ports is not a problem it is an off topic side issue for my
> > knowledge. The main issue is that squid won't restart
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Cooper [mailto:joe@swelltech.com]
> > Sent: Monday, 27 May 2002 22:03
> > To: Linux
> > Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> > Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid won't restart
> >
> >
> > I'm confused...Is the problem still "permission denied"? If so,
> > why ask about ports...or is this a new problem?
> >
> > Linux wrote:
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>I have done what you suggested below but it has made no
> >> difference. I am still unable to start Squid on this server.
> >>
> >>What port(s) does squid use when web traffic leaves it for the
> >> Internet. i.e. users come in on port xx and requests leave squid
> >> for the Internet on port ??
> >>
> >>Many thanks
> >>
> >>Mike
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Squid Support (Henrik Nordstrom)
> >> [mailto:hno@marasystems.com] Sent: Tuesday, 14 May 2002 21:43
> >>To: Linux; squid-users@squid-cache.org
> >>Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid won't restart
> >>
> >>On Tuesday 14 May 2002 11:22, Linux wrote:
> >>>FATAL: Failed to make swap directory /var/spool/squid: (13)
> >>>Permission denied
> >>
> >>You need to make sure the user who Squid runs as
> >>(cache_effective_user) has permission to write to your cache_dir
> >>directories (/var/spool/squid above) and to the directory where
> >> you have told Squid to keep it's log files and pid file (usually
> >> /var/log/squid)
>
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Received on Wed Jun 12 2002 - 11:34:57 MDT