can you able to run as, # /usr/local/squid-2.59/libexec/ncsa_auth /usr/local/squid-2.59/etc/passwd <username> <passwd> OK > #ls -l /usr/local/squid-2.59/libexec/ncsa_auth > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 46205 Apr 27 > 10:07 /usr/local/squid-2.59/libexec/ncsa_auth What is your cache_effective_user and cache_effective_group configuration in squid.conf file.? > 2005/04/27 11:05:32| WARNING: Cannot run > '/usr/local/squid-2.59/libexec/ncsa_auth' process. Have you started squid with root user / squid user? ================================================== Best Regards, Squid Runner Team squidrunner_dev at yahoo dot com SquidRunner - An Automatic Squid Builder Web: http://freshmeat.net/projects/squidrunner/ Support: runnersupport at gmail dot com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com