[squid-users] Two squid processes can run as squid users ?!

I'm migrating from "Squid 2.5.STABLE3" to "Squid 2.7.STABLE3" but I noted
this point:

SQUID 2.5

There are 2 squid processes which run both as squid user:

squid    11959     1          6 May25 ?        15:44:49 (squid) -D
squid    12022     11959   0 May25 ?        00:01:38 (unlinkd)

This is a part of my squid.conf:
#cache_effective_user squid
#cache_effective_group squid

SQUID 2.7

There are 2 squid processes which run one as root user and other as squid
user:

root       3617     1       0 Jun03 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/squid -D -YC
proxy     3621     3617  0 Jun03 ?        00:00:01 (squid) -D -YC

This is a part of my squid.conf:
# cache_effective_user proxy
# cache_effective_group proxy

1- In squid 2.7, can I start both processes as squid user ?
2- What behaviour is't suggested ? 2 processes which run as squid user
(Squid 2.5) or 2 processes as root+squid users (Squid 2.7) ?
Received on Thu Jun 04 2009 - 08:17:03 MDT