Re: Problems with dnsservers on my linux box

GertJan Bilt van de writes:

>Hello,
>
>I have no idea wether or not this is a good place to address my
>problem, but I can't find anything else on the docs or the net.
>
>What my problem is: I've compiled squid 2.1 release on my RedHat
>5.1 linux box. I can start squid (all as root) but then it starts the
>dnsserver processes. This won't work. They all end with: WARNING,
>unable to run /usr/loca/squid/bin/dnsserver. Then the main program
>starts happily, but the moment I point my browser to the proxy port it
>terminates, and starts the whole startup proces again, claiming all
>dnsserver requests are full.
>
>Question: How do I not run the dnsserver, if I set it to 0, the proxy
>won't even start, continuing to terminate every 0.3 seconds. What do I
>need to start the dnsservers? I don't want to run bind, I just have the 2
>nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf. Do I need any thing like named? I
>can start the dnsserver proces by hand, and get lookup results.

since you start squid as root, it probably reall runs as user
'nobody'

You need to make sure that 'nobody' has permission to run
/usr/local/squidl/bin/dnsserver.

Duane W.
Received on Wed Nov 25 1998 - 16:29:46 MST