Re: [squid-users] BUG !? swap.state: (13) Permission denied ...

Where can I find difference from kill and squid -k ?
I'm looking for documenentation which describes differences at code level.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Amos Jeffries" <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
To: <squid-users_at_squid-cache.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 3:15 AM
Subject: Re: [squid-users] BUG !? swap.state: (13) Permission denied ...

> Riccardo Castellani wrote:
>> So "killall -HUP squid" command to parent process, permit Squid to reload
>> squid.conf becuase restart it, ok ?
>>
>
> "killall" does this:
>
> * killall signal -HUP shutdown to child 'squid' process
> -> child process begins shutdown cleanup procedure.
>
> * killall signal -HUP to master 'squid' process
> -> master process signal -HUP to child process
> -> child process receives double-HUP "abort shutdown NOW"
> -> child process abandons all system resources and aborts shutdown
> cleanup actions.
>
> Use "kill" not "killall". Or best to use "squid -k ..."
>
> Amos
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amos Jeffries" <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
>> To: <squid-users_at_squid-cache.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 12:24 AM
>> Subject: Re: [squid-users] BUG !? swap.state: (13) Permission denied ...
>>
>>
>>> Riccardo Castellani wrote:
>>>> But can I always use "killall -HUP squid" command ? I'm newby on this
>>>> Squid version.
>>>> I killed squid with killall ?!
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think so. killall does nasty things to the child processes
>>> inside Squid. Best to avoid it.
>>>
>>> You can kill -HUP the parent process by itself. Which is the same as
>>> "squid -k shutdown", and passes the skill signal to the squid child
>>> process after some initial cleanup.
>>>
>>> Amos
>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amos Jeffries"
>>>> <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
>>>> To: <squid-users_at_squid-cache.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:56 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [squid-users] BUG !? swap.state: (13) Permission denied
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Riccardo Castellani wrote:
>>>>>> I'm using Squid 2.7 Stable in Debian Sarge environment, when I tried
>>>>>> to restart Squid service but process died.
>>>>>> I got this message in cache.log : "swap.state: (13) Permission denied
>>>>>> ..."
>>>>>> First to restart I send killall -HUP squid. What happened ?!
>>>>>
>>>>> You killed Squid before it completed writing and setting ownership
>>>>> details for the new swap.state file.
>>>>>
>>>>> Erase the swap.state file and start Squid again as you normally would.
>>>>> Have some patience this time because the startup may take a long time
>>>>> to regenerate the content of swap.state from on-disk information.
>>>>>
>>>>> Amos
>>>>> --
>>>>> Please be using
>>>>> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE7 or 3.0.STABLE23
>>>>> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.16
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Please be using
>>> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE7 or 3.0.STABLE23
>>> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.16
>>
>
>
> --
> Please be using
> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE7 or 3.0.STABLE23
> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.16
Received on Mon Feb 08 2010 - 19:01:21 MST