Re: [squid-users] Cache_access_log for Squid 2.5STABLE6 unable to write to /dev/stdout

On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, marlowe wrote:

> I set the write bit for other in the /dev/ directory. The permissions on
> /dev read

You should not do this. Very risky thing to do.

> I also set the write bit for other for /dev/stdout. On CentOS 4.1,
> /dev/stdout is a symlink for /proc/self/fd/1 which is in turn a symlink for
> /dev/pts/0. The permissions on /dev/pts/0 are as follows
>
> crw--w-w- 1 marlowe tty 136, 0 Sep 20 16:51 /dev/pts/0

> It is my understand that with these other write permissions in place, the
> user squid should be able to write to /dev/stdout. However when I attempt to
> start squid, I still receive the same error message. I tried to run my start
> script from the CLI and received the same error messages. What else should I
> be looking at?

Are you starting Squid as yourself, or as root? I only tried as myself.

Additionally it may be worth upgrading. I have only tried this with
2.5.STABLE11. Running a somewhat recent version is recommended anyway..

REgards
Henrik
Received on Thu Sep 22 2005 - 16:56:21 MDT