Re: [squid-users] Problem with ntlm_auth: dying

Amos Jeffries wrote:
> Gonzalo PG wrote:
>> Hi Amos,
>>
>> Thanks you for your soon replay, I've been looking through the logs
>> and it only happens when doing a reload.
>>
>> About updating to STABLE 15, I need to plan an stop of the internet
>> service for all the organization where I work, so it's no so easy, but
>> if you think it can resolve the problem I do it.
>>
>> Sorry for the question, but what is an "FD issue"?
>
> FD == file descriptor.
>
> Squid uses FD during its working. We know that when it does not close
> all helpers on a reconfigure/shutdown the remaining open ones hang onto
> FD and can crash at the final stage of close.
>
> I've looked at the code thats breaking and its not fixed yet. So unless
> an upgrade is easy its probably not worth it for you just for testing
> this. It's probably fixed in 3.1, but I don't want to go as far as to
> recommend 3.1 for use in any seriously important places yet.
>
> I will have to consult with the other dev who may know more about this
> particular piece of code before we do anything. I will get back to you
> on this.
>
> Amos

On a little bit more investigation...

If you have "half_closed_clients" set to on or missing from your config
can you try setting it to "off" and see if that solves the problem?

Amos

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