[squid-users] Struggling to start squid for the first time

> Hi all,
> I am a newbie squidish and Linux is also new to me. I am going to setup a
> squid transparent proxy for my small LAN. but, still I have many things to
> understand. I followed the installation guide of squid. but when I first
> launch squid it gives this error. and below is my squid.conf file that
came
> with default. please, some one help me to go ahead.
Thank you
Kumara

> the error :
> [root@proxy ~]# /usr/local/squid/sbin/squid
> FATAL: getpwnam failed to find userid for effective
> user 'squid'
> Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE10): Terminated
> abnormally.
> CPU Usage: 0.006 seconds = 0.003 user + 0.003 sys
> Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
> Page faults with physical i/o: 6
> Aborted
> [root@proxy ~]#
>
> my squid.conf file:
>
> http_port 3128
> icp_port 3130
> udp_incoming_address 0.0.0.0
> udp_outgoing_address 255.255.255.255
> icp_query_timeout 0
> maximum_icp_query_timeout 2000
> mcast_icp_query_timeout 3000
> dead_peer_timeout 10 seconds
> hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
> acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
> no_cache deny QUERY
> cache_mem 16 MB
> cache_swap_low 90
> cache_swap_high 95
> maximum_object_size 4096 KB
> minimum_object_size 0 KB
> maximum_object_size_in_memory 16 KB
> ipcache_size 1024
> ipcache_low 90
> ipcache_high 95
> fqdncache_size 1024
> cache_replacement_policy lru
> memory_replacement_policy lru
> cache_dir ufs /usr/local/squid/var/cache 100 16 256
> cache_access_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log
> cache_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/cache.log
> cache_store_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/store.log
> emulate_httpd_log off
> log_ip_on_direct on
> mime_table /usr/local/squid/etc/mime.conf
> log_mime_hdrs off
> pid_filename /usr/local/squid/var/logs/squid.pid
> debug_options ALL,1
> log_fqdn off
> client_netmask 255.255.255.255
> ftp_list_width 32
> ftp_passive on
> ftp_sanitycheck on
> ftp_telnet_protocol on
> dns_retransmit_interval 5 seconds
> dns_timeout 2 minutes
> #defnames off
> hosts_file /etc/hosts
> diskd_program /usr/local/squid/libexec/diskd
> unlinkd_program /usr/local/squid/libexec/unlinkd
> redirect_children 5
> redirect_rewrites_host_header on
> authenticate_cache_garbage_interval 1 hour
> authenticate_ttl 1 hour
> authenticate_ip_ttl 200 seconds
> request_header_max_size 20 KB
> request_body_max_size 0 KB
> refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
> refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
> refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
> quick_abort_min 16 KB
> quick_abort_max 16 KB
> quick_abort_pct 95
> negative_ttl 5 minutes
> positive_dns_ttl 6 hours
> negative_dns_ttl 1 minute
> range_offset_limit 0 KB
> forward_timeout 4 minutes
> connect_timeout 1 minute
> peer_connect_timeout 30 seconds
> read_timeout 15 minutes
> request_timeout 5 minutes
> persistent_request_timeout 1 minute
> client_lifetime 1 day
> half_closed_clients off
> pconn_timeout 120 seconds
> ident_timeout 10 seconds
> shutdown_lifetime 30 seconds
>
> # ACCESS CONTROLS
>
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> #Recommended minimum configuration:
> acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
> acl manager proto cache_object
> acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
> acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
>
> acl SSL_ports port 443 563
> acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
> acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
> acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews
> acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
> acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
> acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
> acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
> acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
> acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
> acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
> acl CONNECT method CONNECT
> http_access deny all
> http_access allow manager localhost
> http_access deny manager
> http_access deny !Safe_ports
> http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
> acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24
> http_access allow our_networks
> http_access deny all
> http_reply_access allow all
> icp_access allow all
> miss_access allow all
> ident_lookup_access deny all
> reply_header_max_size 20 KB
> reply_body_max_size 0 allow all
>
> # ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
> cache_mgr mohan-jayaweera@hotmail.com
> cache_effective_user squid
> cache_effective_group squid
> visible_hostname proxy
> tcp_recv_bufsize 0 bytes
> memory_pools_limit 5 MB
> forwarded_for on
> log_icp_queries on
> icp_hit_stale off
> minimum_direct_hops 4
> minimum_direct_rtt 400
> store_avg_object_size 13 KB
> store_objects_per_bucket 20
> client_db on
> netdb_low 900
> netdb_high 1000
> netdb_ping_period 5 minutes
> query_icmp off
> test_reachability off
> buffered_logs off
> reload_into_ims off
> short_icon_urls off
> error_directory /usr/local/squid/share/errors/English
> maximum_single_addr_tries 1
> retry_on_error off
> as_whois_server whois.ra.net
> as_whois_server whois.ra.net
> wccp_router 0.0.0.0
> wccp_version 4
> wccp_incoming_address 0.0.0.0
> wccp_outgoing_address 255.255.255.255
> prefer_direct off
> strip_query_terms on
> coredump_dir none
> coredump_dir /usr/local/squid/var/cache
> redirector_bypass off
> ignore_unknown_nameservers on
> client_persistent_connections on
> server_persistent_connections on
> detect_broken_pconn off
> balance_on_multiple_ip on
> pipeline_prefetch off
> request_entities off
> high_response_time_warning 0
> high_page_fault_warning 0
> high_memory_warning 0
> store_dir_select_algorithm least-load
> ie_refresh off
> vary_ignore_expire off
> sleep_after_fork 0
> relaxed_header_parser on
>
>
Received on Sat Jul 23 2005 - 09:51:04 MDT