RE: [squid-users] Error due to access.log

A symbolic link is like a pointer to a file in another location. If you had
a hard symbolic link to the access.log file it could have actually existed
in /usr/local/squid/var and you could access it as if it was in /var/log.
Deleting a hard link deletes the file from its true location.

See the man pages for ln for specifics on how it works.

--
Anthony Boynes
-----Original Message-----
From: ads squid [mailto:adssquid@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:29 AM
To: Anthony Boynes; squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: RE: [squid-users] Error due to access.log
I am not getting what do you mean by symbolic link.
Thank for support
--- Anthony Boynes <atb@msasolutions.com> wrote:
> Was it a symbolic link?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ads squid [mailto:adssquid@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:01 AM
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: [squid-users] Error due to access.log
>
>
> Hi,
> Following is error in /var/log/messages file
>
> Nov 26 20:11:22 xyz squid[20230]: Squid Parent:
> child
> process 20574 started
> Nov 26 20:11:28 xyz (squid): Cannot open
> '/usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log' for writing. ^IThe parent
> directory must be writeable by the ^Iuser 'adssquid', which is
> the
> cache_effective_user ^Iset in squid.conf.
>
> By mistake I deleted /var/log/squid/access.log file.
> Then recreated it in same directory and changed mode
> of directory as required to by command "chmod 770 /var/log/squid/"
>
> I do not know how come it is asking for access.log
> file in directory '/usr/local/squid/var/logs/'.
> There no such directory.
>
>
> Follwoing are cache log messages.
> "
> 2003/11/26 20:11:22| Adding nameserver 202.63.164.18
> from /etc/resolv.conf
> FATAL: Cannot open
> '/usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log' for writing.
> The parent directory must be writeable by the
> user 'adssquid', which is the
> cache_effective_user
> set in squid.conf.
> Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE4): Terminated
> abnormally.
> CPU Usage: 0.006 seconds = 0.004 user + 0.002 sys
> Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
> Page faults with physical i/o: 301
> "
> I can not resolve this problem.
> Help appreciated.
> Thanks
>
>
>
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