Re: [squid-users] squid server crash

Hi,

Emilio Casbas wrote:
> Neil A. Hillard escribi�:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Slacker wrote:
>>> Emilio Casbas, on 02/23/2007 03:11 PM [GMT+500], wrote :
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> We have two squid servers as reverse proxys in front of our web servers
>>>> (squid-2.5Stable10). Both have working right for some months, but today
>>>> We have found the two servers at the same time down, with a kernel
>>>> panic
>>>> error on the screen.
>>>> The last access.log time in the two servers it was at similar hour, and
>>>> We didn't found any revelance string in access.log.
>>>>
>>>> This is the last line before the crash, but We don't think it's
>>>> related to.
>>>>
>>>> cache.log
>>>> 2007/02/22 22:41:47| parseHttpRequest: Unsupported method
>>>> 'oors;c=ES;g=a;a=4;s=1;!category=nrm;dcopt=ist;sz=728x90;ptile=1;ord=300386615346895800?'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2007/02/22 22:41:47| clientReadRequest: FD 840 Invalid Request
>>>>
>>>> We have looking for strange patterns in the logs machine too, but We
>>>> didn't found anything.
>>>>
>>> Check the sizes of squid logs files if they are >2 G then rotate them
>>> with squid -k rotate
>>
>> The op stated that both boxes had kernel panics which tends to point the
>> finger at the OS and not Squid. If squid can make the OS kernel panic
>> then the OS needs fixing.
>>
>>> 2Gb logs would cause squid to terminate but shouldn't cause a panic.
>>
>> Was there anything logged in syslog at the time of the panic?
>>
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>
> The last line on messages log before the crash:
>
> Feb 22 22:41:47 servercrash squid[21624]: parseHttpRequest: Unsupported
> method 'oors;c=ES;g=a;a=4;s=1;!category=nrm;dcopt=ist;sz=728x90;pt
> ile=1;ord=300386615346895800?'
> Feb 22 22:41:47 servercrash squid[21624]: clientReadRequest: FD 840
> Invalid Request

No, you need to check syslog (/var/log/messages perhaps) not the squid
log (that looks like the output of cache.log). The system may have had
chance to write something to syslog before it panicked but probably not.
 Otherwise you'd have to check the console but it's a bit late for that now!

                                Neil.

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