Re: [squid-users] Squid Error

* Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>:

> Related Note:
>
> Many OS:es deny core file generation of processes started as root to
> protect from information leakage of root-only information. To
> increase the chance of a core dump being generated it is a good idea
> to start Squid as the cache_effective_user, not as root.
>
> One relatively reliable test to see if your OS falls into this
> category is to try to trace the Squid process with truss/strace as
> the cache_effective_user. If you are not allowed to trace the process
> as the cache_effective_user then you most likely won't see a core
> dump generated on segmentation fault or other fatal errors.

Argh, I'm on one of those OS'es. And now?
If I try to start it as squid:nogroup, then I barfs about being unable
to
Apr 22 11:22:24 spiderman squid[4130]: [ID 702911 local4.alert] Cannot open HTTP Port

since it cannot bind to port 888 as unprivileged user.

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