Re: [squid-users] RE: Squid process dies constantly

JOHNSON DAVID R wrote:
>
> J > >
> > > Unfortunately the Squid process dies constanlty on us here a HU.
> We
> > > have around 3000 users that connect to Squid in order to use the
> internet.
> > > I am using the squid_ldap_auth module and it works great but for some
> > > reason the squid child processes seem to fail and the Squid module
> becomes
> > > corrupt. Upon attempt to restart the service the parent process tries to
> > > spawn some children but then the parent dies. This has happened 5 times
> so
> > > far and 2x in 1 day! I have checked the access logs to see if maybe some
> > > app is causing the process to crash but the ACLs i have in place block
> > > problem sites such as gator and statblaster. I tried increasing the
> number
> > > of child processes to 32 but that did not solve the problem either.
> > >
> > > Has anyone had this problem or know a fix?
>
> Which version of squid are you using ?
>
> > > squid-2.4.STABLE7-4

 Hmm, you are likely to get advised 'from everyone' to use
 the latest stable release (2.5S4)

 Support for 2.4 versions is fading out, (rapid).

>
> On which platform/os/version ?
>
> > > Red Hat Linux release 8.0 (Psyche)
>
> What's in cache.log when squid dies ?
> > > Here is a tail of the cache.log
>
> > >2003/10/18 02:14:27| helperOpenServers: Starting 30 'squid_ldap_auth'
> processes
> > > 2003/10/18 02:14:27| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 39
> > > 2003/10/18 02:14:27| Swap maxSize 102400 KB, estimated 7876 objects
> > > 2003/10/18 02:14:27| Target number of buckets: 393
> > > 2003/10/18 02:14:27| Using 8192 Store buckets
> > > 2003/10/18 02:14:27| Max Mem size: 8192 KB
> > > 2003/10/18 02:14:27| Max Swap size: 102400 KB
> > > 2003/10/18 02:14:27| Rebuilding storage in /var/spool/squid (DIRTY)
> > > 2003/10/18 02:14:27| Using Least Load store dir selection
> > > 2003/10/18 02:14:27| Set Current Directory to /var/spool/squid

 This 'window' from the file, does not give the info I am looking for.
 I just mean, as squid crashes look for something like 'FATAL'.

 I need a full startup trace and what is just before that (the crash
 probably).

 Best Regards,

 M.

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>
> M.
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