Re: Problems running squid

From: Greg Maxwell <gmaxwell@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 08:08:13 -0500 (EST)

Squid changes it's UID to nobody at start, as it's bad to run daemons as
root. Make sure that the cache and logs directory are owned by nobody and
you will be fine.

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Tewari, Vijay wrote:

> I compiled squid for linux (squid ver 2.2.stable5).
>
> When I try to run it with the -z option it says
>
> FATAL (13) Permission denied cant create /usr/local/squid/cache
>
> Note that I am running as root. I have looked at the FAQ and tried creating
> the
> dir physically. When I try to run squid it complains that it cant access the
>
> file access.log.
>
> Will appreciate any help on this.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rgds
> Vijay
>
>
>
Received on Thu Feb 10 2000 - 06:19:17 MST

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