Re: Squid creating files as root

We start squid from the system start-up and later from cron(root). I
suspect that the problem may have been caused by the cron
restart which does a -k shutdown and then calls -k check until it
has gone, then restarts it.

I have looked through the code for 2.2.4 (we also have patches to
use SmartFilter from Secure Computing) and can't find any
enter_suid without a matching leave_suid. Watching the process
with ps shows that the process actually becomes root for extended
periods, minutes at a time.

We don't use async I/O.

Steve
> > I didn't see a reply to Franks message and now I am experiencing the
> > same problem.
> >
> > I am starting Squid (on Solaris 2.6) from /etc/init.d (rc3.d) and
> > have experienced exactly the same behaviour. The Filesystem is
> > Veritas and all was fine for the first three days. This Sunday
> > evening, with little or no activity the system started reporting:
> >
> > storeSwapOutFileOpened: Unable to open swapfile: /cachea/ca...
> > (13) Permission denied
> >
> > The only thing I can think of is the first restart for squid since
> > installation (it's a Netscape upgrade).
> >
> > I have two such Squid machines and both are exhibiting the same
> > behaviour. Also, ps shows the (squid) process running as nobody
> > sometimes and root at others.
> >
> > Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Do you start squid as root? Do you need to?
>
> Do you use async I/O?
>
> Duane W.
>
Received on Tue Oct 05 1999 - 01:48:34 MDT