Re: [squid-users] Urgent Help with starting Squid

when you boot the box is in single user mode.
Meaning EVERYTHING gets done as root.
Its not worth your while worrying about getting round that.

When the box is live; why not just run it as root?
If its really not possible just set the sticky bit on it -- not wise.

chown root.wheel WHATEVER
chmod 4755 WHATEVER

That will cause it to run as root.wheel no matter who runs it.
read up on suid and sticky bits -- man chmod.
Its probably more of a risk doing that than it is running it as
root.

Dave.
OptecSec.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Darby" <greg.darby@ramelec.com.au>
To: "Dave Raven" <dave@reason.za.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 1:17 PM
Subject: RE: [squid-users] Urgent Help with starting Squid

> Hi Dave.
>
> I have already done that. It drops to User "squid". But the problem is i
> cannot get it to start if i log on as any other user other than "root". I
> understand it starts up as root then drops to squid (in this case)
>
> I if start it manually logged on as "Admin" it won't work. I don't know
how
> to correctly have the Squid start automatically becuase i understand Linux
> starts programs this way as "root" no matter what user logs in. Can you
> help? I am running RedHat 7.2
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Raven [mailto:dave@reason.za.org]
> Sent: Sunday, 13 January 2002 9:27 PM
> To: Greg Darby; Squid-Users
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Urgent Help with starting Squid
>
>
> If you simply run it as root it will drop privilages to the user
> you specify in the config file. Besides, it will start as root
> when you reboot anyway. Dont worry about starting it as
> someone else, just make sure it drops to your user.
>
> Dave.
> OpteqSec.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Darby" <greg.darby@ramelec.com.au>
> To: "Squid-Users" <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 12:36 PM
> Subject: [squid-users] Urgent Help with starting Squid
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > As new to Linux i am still having a bit of trouble with Squid.
> >
> > If i log on as root Squid works fine. If i log on as Admin (I created
> this)
> > Squid will not run at all. In the squid.conf file i have Squid set to
look
> > at "squid" for the id and group, not the default "nobody".
> >
> > In the Linux shell i have done the following, as per instructions given.
> >
> > chown -R squid.squid /usr/local/squid
> > chmod g+s /usr/local/squid /usr/local/squid/src
> >
> > I had already created the User and Group called "squid" prior to the
> above.
> > I have added the group "squid" to the Admin User.
> >
> > Can anyone help? I am new at Linux and get the impression that it's best
> not
> > to run the box at "root" level day to day.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Greg
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