Re: [squid-users] cache.log: Permission denied

Monzur Md.. Alam :
> I have a trouble when i have traying creat swap file in Proxy server ( Squid v3).
>
> [root_at_gclc ~]# /usr/local/squid/sbin/squid &
> [1] 3422
> [root_at_gclc ~]# WARNING: Cannot write log file: /usr/local/squid/var/logs/cache.l og
> /usr/local/squid/var/logs/cache.log: Permission denied
> messages will be sent to 'stderr'.
>
> But my all prmission is ok....
> Please see..
> [root_at_gclc ~]# cd /usr/local/squid/var/
> [root_at_gclc var]# ls -al
> total 24
> drwxr-xr-x 3 squid squid 4096 May 6 09:10 .
> drwxrwxrwx 9 squid squid 4096 May 6 09:08 ..
> drwxr-xr-x 2 squid squid 4096 May 6 12:32 logs

Hi,

Squid run as nobody user by default, not the "squid".
see:

cache_effective_user
cache_effective_group

in squid.conf.

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Jeff Pang
DingTong Technology
www.dtonenetworks.com