[squid-users] logfileHandleWrite: daemon:/var/logs/access.log: error writing ((32) Broken pipe)

Sun Aug 30 16:50:55 UTC 2015

Resolved; well sort of!

I've been setting up log file permissions to jibe with the
*cache_effective_user* tag in /etc/squid3/squid.conf, which I had set to
squid. As I was troubleshooting, I also changed the *http_port* tag from
8080, but I noticed the output when I tried starting squid remained 8080:

*Accepting HTTP Socket connections at local=[::]:8080 remote=[::] FD 11
flags=9*

Obviously my squid.conf was not being used, that's when I noticed *squid -v*
indicated *sysconfdir=/etc/squid* (i.e. not */etc/squid**3)*.

I discovered that I had ended up with two config locations:
*/etc/squid/squid.conf*
*/etc/squid3/squid.conf*

This was likely due to issues with me using a binary install:

*sudo apt-get install squid*

and also making custom builds, with outdated ./configure options. I was
using the configure options listed here:
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/CompilingSquid#Debian.2C_Ubuntu

It indicates using *--sysconfdir=/etc/squid*, but that doesn't jibe with *sudo
apt-get install squid*, which puts squid.conf in */etc/squid3*

I've opened this bug:
http://bugs.squid-cache.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4313

I'll request wiki update access too.

I indicated 'sort of' at the outset because while I'm pretty certain having
two locations for *squid.conf* was the source of all my problems, I wasn't
able to confirm 100%. I abandoned my troubleshooting activities because I
had to re-install the OS anyway. For example, I can't reconcile why I
had */etc/squid3/
*given I had purged my original squid install...

Interestingly, it turns out that I didn't need to rebuild at all. Filtering
by MAC address is now provided by default, as indicated in this thread
which also provides some excellent suggestions for configuring your build
environment:
http://lists.squid-cache.org/pipermail/squid-users/2015-August/005257.html

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Howard Waterfall <hwaterfall at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sorry, I thought that by copying the subject line of Priya's message
> thread, I would have continued the thread. Here's the link for context:
>
> http://lists.squid-cache.org/pipermail/squid-users/2015-February/002131.html
>
> Cheers,
> Deiter
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Howard Waterfall <hwaterfall at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ubuntu 14.04
>> Squid 3.5.5
>>
>> Hi -
>> I'm having pretty much exactly the same problem as Priya. I didn't see a
>> resolution so I'm picking up the thread.
>>
>> I've installed and run squid 3.5.5 previously w/o a problem using:
>>
>> sudo apt-get install squid
>>
>>
>> I want to filter by mac address though, so I purged that install and
>> re-built squid with the *--enable-arp-acl* flag. This is when the
>> problems begin. I've provided what was requested from Priya below. I'm
>> grateful for any help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Deiter
>>
>> Output from *sudo /usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -NCd1:*
>>
>> WARNING: Cannot write log file: /usr/local/squid/var/logs/cache.log
>> /usr/local/squid/var/logs/cache.log: Permission denied
>>          messages will be sent to 'stderr'.
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| cannot change current directory to
>> /var/spool/squid3: (2) No such file or directory
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Current Directory is /home/ubuntu
>> WARNING: Cannot write log file: /usr/local/squid/var/logs/cache.log
>> /usr/local/squid/var/logs/cache.log: Permission denied
>>          messages will be sent to 'stderr'.
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| WARNING: Closing open FD    2
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Starting Squid Cache version 3.5.5 for
>> armv7l-unknown-linux-gnueabihf...
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Service Name: squid
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Process ID 2118
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Process Roles: master worker
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| With 1024 file descriptors available
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Initializing IP Cache...
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| DNS Socket created at [::], FD 7
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, FD 8
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Adding nameserver 75.75.75.75 from /etc/resolv.conf
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Adding nameserver 75.75.76.76 from /etc/resolv.conf
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Adding domain hsd1.ca.comcast.net from
>> /etc/resolv.conf
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Adding domain localdomain from /etc/resolv.conf
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Adding domain localdomain from /etc/resolv.conf
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Adding nameserver 192.168.1.1 from /etc/resolv.conf
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Logfile: opening log
>> daemon:/usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Logfile Daemon: opening log
>> /usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log
>> fopen: Permission denied
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Store logging disabled
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Swap maxSize 0 + 262144 KB, estimated 20164 objects
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Target number of buckets: 1008
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Using 8192 Store buckets
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Max Mem  size: 262144 KB
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Max Swap size: 0 KB
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Using Least Load store dir selection
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| cannot change current directory to
>> /var/spool/squid3: (2) No such file or directory
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Current Directory is /home/ubuntu
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Finished loading MIME types and icons.
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| HTCP Disabled.
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Squid plugin modules loaded: 0
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Adaptation support is off.
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:27| Accepting HTTP Socket connections at local=[::]:8080
>> remote=[::] FD 11 flags=9
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:28| logfileHandleWrite:
>> daemon:/usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log: error writing ((32) Broken
>> pipe)
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:28| Closing HTTP port [::]:8080
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:28| storeDirWriteCleanLogs: Starting...
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:28|   Finished.  Wrote 0 entries.
>> 2015/08/28 14:47:28|   Took 0.00 seconds (  0.00 entries/sec).
>> FATAL: I don't handle this error well!
>> Squid Cache (Version 3.5.5): Terminated abnormally.
>> CPU Usage: 0.290 seconds = 0.220 user + 0.070 sys
>> Maximum Resident Size: 34480 KB
>> Page faults with physical i/o: 0
>>
>>
>> Output from *squid -v:*
>>
>> Squid Cache: Version 3.5.5
>> Service Name: squid
>> configure options:  '--prefix=/usr' '--localstatedir=/var'
>> '--libexecdir=/lib/squid' '--srcdir=.' '--datadir=/share/squid'
>> '--sysconfdir=/etc/squid' '--with-default-user=proxy'
>> '--with-logdir=/var/log' '--with-pidfile=/var/run/squid.pid'
>> '--enable-arp-acl' --enable-ltdl-convenience
>>
>> Output from *ls -al /usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log:*
>>
>> -rw-rw---- 1 squid squid_admin 5262306 Jun 29 21:47
>> /usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log
>>
>> Output from *ls -al /usr/local/squid/var/logs:*
>>
>> total 5224
>> drwxrwxrwx 2 squid squid_admin    4096 Aug 28 09:35 .
>> drwxr-xr-x 5 root  root           4096 Jun 12 06:57 ..
>> -rw-rw---- 1 squid squid_admin 5262306 Jun 29 21:47 access.log
>> -rw-rw---- 1 squid squid_admin   67925 Jun 27 02:47 cache.log
>>
>> Output from *ls -al /usr/local/squid/var:*
>>
>> total 20
>> drwxr-xr-x 5 root  root        4096 Jun 12 06:57 .
>> drwxr-xr-x 8 root  root        4096 Jun 12 06:57 ..
>> drwxrwxrwx 3 root  root        4096 Jun 12 06:57 cache
>> drwxrwxrwx 2 squid squid_admin 4096 Aug 28 09:35 logs
>> drwxrwxrwx 3 root  root        4096 Jun 21 12:17 run
>>
>> I adjusted the paths above from what was asked of Priya to jibe with my
>> set-up, but just in case:
>>
>> Output from *ls -al /var/logs/access.log:*
>>
>> ls: cannot access /var/logs/access.log: No such file or directory
>>
>>
>> Output from *ls -al /var/logs:*
>>
>> ls: cannot access /var/logs: No such file or directory
>>
>>
>>
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