> > So just chown -R squid:squid directory > > You are changed squid.conf to root but changed permission of binary to another squid:squid?? Configure squid as cache_effective_user and group. Change all permissions of var/log/* amd squidguard file. chown -R squid:squid var/ Start squid in debug mode to know the problem as ./squid -NCd10 hth. ================================================== Best Regards, Squid Runner Support squidrunner_dev at yahoo dot com Web: http://geocities.com/squidrunner_dev/ Support: runnersupport at gmail dot com SquidRunner - An Automatic Squid Builder ================================================== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com