[squid-users] Problem with Squid3 Caches

[Amos Jeffries]

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On 9/10/2016 3:52 p.m., KR wrote:
> Hi Amos - 
> 
> So I believe I fixed the rock cache by specifying cache_dir /ssd1 5000 but now I’m getting an error regarding writing to a file:
> 
> squid
> 2016/10/08 22:42:49| ALERT: setgid: (1) Operation not permitted
> WARNING: Cannot write log file: /var/log/squid/cache.log
> /var/log/squid/cache.log: Permission denied
>          messages will be sent to 'stderr'.
> 2016/10/08 22:42:49| ALERT: setgid: (1) Operation not permitted
> 
> Permissions are:
> 
> drwxr-xr-x 2 proxy             proxy     4096 Oct  5 07:35 squid
> 
> So not sure why I’m getting this error.

That looks like Squid is not actually running as the user 'proxy', or
you are not starting it from an account that can change itself to be
that effective-user.

Squid-3 should be started by the root user, it will downgrade its
permissions before opening ports and handling traffic.

Amos