Re: [squid-users] Permission Denied

Hi,

On Sun, 22 Dec 2002 22:54:39 -0800 (PST)
Rocky <beehive0507@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have tried :
>
> 1)chown root:root /usr/local/squid, and
>
> 2)chown squid:squid /usr/local/squid
>
> but, I still encounter permission denied. The full
> error message is :
>
> Initializing the Squid cache with the command
> /usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -f
> /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf -z ..
>
> 2002/12/20 15:03:12| Creating Swap Directories
> FATAL: Failed to make swap directory
> /usr/local/squid/var/cache: (13)
> Permission denied
> Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE1): Terminated
> abnormally.

What is "cache_effective_user" set to in squid.conf? The default is "nobody" so
chowning to root or squid is useless.

Colin

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