Re: [squid-users] Listening on port 80

On mån, 2007-11-19 at 13:59 -0800, strells wrote:

> I'm desperately trying to figure out how I can listen on port 80 with Squid
> (if it is even possible). My proxy at work only allows traffic on port 80,
> so I am trying to set up a tunnel at home for applications that use other
> ports. Squid doesn't let you run as root, yet you have to be root to access
> ports less than 1024! Is there any way to do this with squid? If not, what
> program could I use?

You need to configure cache_effective_user in squid.conf to a valid
user, then start Squid as root.. squid will then run as the
cache_effective_user configured user.

Regards
Henrik