> hi list today i get this in /var/log/messages > > Feb 1 11:40:04 Mcache squid[1318]: Squid Parent: child process 9501 > exited with status 1 > Feb 1 11:40:07 Mcache squid[1318]: Squid Parent: child > process 9503 started > Feb 1 11:40:07 Mcache squid[1318]: Squid Parent: child process 9503 > exited with status 1 > Feb 1 11:40:10 Mcache squid[1318]: Squid Parent: child > process 9505 started > Feb 1 11:40:10 Mcache squid[1318]: Squid Parent: child process 9505 > exited with status 1 > Feb 1 11:40:13 Mcache squid[1318]: Squid Parent: child > process 9507 started > Feb 1 11:40:13 Mcache squid[1318]: Squid Parent: child process 9507 > exited with status 1 > Feb 1 11:40:13 Mcache squid[1318]: Exiting due to repeated, frequent > failures > Check cache.log for more info. > > i google for it but didn't find anything can someone tell me why this > happen and how to stop squid using all the partition , coz df -lh > showing that squid is using one of cache directory 99%. > how to delete objects from cache dir ? (safe way) > is it simple like rm * ? > Specify appropriate size(s), for the cache dir(s), taking into account available disk (partition) space. Squid will maintain those sizes automatically and no user intervention is needed. 'rm *' is evil , and will lead to swap failures as then there will be a mismatch with what squid thinks is in the cache and which objects are effectively still there, (info which is maintained in the swap.state file(s)) M.
