[squid-users] Re: Re: Strange problem: Squid won't use it's cache directories

* Ingvar Hagelund
> >> We've got this sort of strange problem: Given two squid web
> >> proxy/cache servers with identical configuration; the first
> >> works without problems, the second won't fill it's cache spool.
> >>
> >> We think we have checked the obvious, like file rights and
> >> so, but any starting point for debugging would be very welcome.
> >>
> >> OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES3, kernel 2.4.21-15.0.4.ELsmp
> >> Daemon: squid-v2.5STABLE6

* Werner Rost
> I suggest trying
>
> cd /squid (directory where your cache-dir is located)
> chmod -R 777 *
>
> If this works you have to doublecheck your file permnissions.

This had (not surprising) no effect. Here's en excerpt from the
cache.log after a sighup. It looks quite sane to me.

Ingvar

2005/12/08 06:11:07| Reconfiguring Squid Cache (version 2.5.STABLE6)...
2005/12/08 06:11:07| FD 7 Closing HTTP connection
2005/12/08 06:11:07| FD 39 Closing ICP connection
2005/12/08 06:11:07| FD 41 Closing SNMP socket
2005/12/08 06:11:07| Cache dir '/var/spool/squid/cache' size remains unchanged at 52428800 KB
2005/12/08 06:11:07| Store logging disabled
2005/12/08 06:11:07| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 55370, FD 6
2005/12/08 06:11:07| Adding nameserver 10.42.42.42 from /etc/resolv.conf
2005/12/08 06:11:07| Adding nameserver 10.42.42.43 from /etc/resolv.conf
2005/12/08 06:11:07| Adding nameserver 10.42.42.44 from /etc/resolv.conf
2005/12/08 06:11:07| helperOpenServers: Starting 30 'squidGuard' processes
2005/12/08 06:11:10| Accepting HTTP connections at 0.0.0.0, port 8080, FD 7.
2005/12/08 06:11:10| Accepting ICP messages at 0.0.0.0, port 3130, FD 39.
2005/12/08 06:11:10| Accepting SNMP messages on port 3401, FD 41.
2005/12/08 06:11:10| Configuring Parent 127.0.0.1/8081/0
2005/12/08 06:11:10| Loaded Icons.
2005/12/08 06:11:10| Ready to serve requests.

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