> Hi all, > I am a newbie squidish and Linux is also new to me. I am going to setup a > squid transparent proxy for my small LAN. but, still I have many things to > understand. I followed the installation guide of squid. but when I first > launch squid it gives this error. and below is my squid.conf file that came > with default. please, some one help me to go ahead. Thank you Kumara > the error : > [root@proxy ~]# /usr/local/squid/sbin/squid > FATAL: getpwnam failed to find userid for effective > user 'squid' > Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE10): Terminated > abnormally. > CPU Usage: 0.006 seconds = 0.003 user + 0.003 sys > Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB > Page faults with physical i/o: 6 > Aborted > [root@proxy ~]# > > my squid.conf file: > > http_port 3128 > icp_port 3130 > udp_incoming_address 0.0.0.0 > udp_outgoing_address 255.255.255.255 > icp_query_timeout 0 > maximum_icp_query_timeout 2000 > mcast_icp_query_timeout 3000 > dead_peer_timeout 10 seconds > hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? > acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? > no_cache deny QUERY > cache_mem 16 MB > cache_swap_low 90 > cache_swap_high 95 > maximum_object_size 4096 KB > minimum_object_size 0 KB > maximum_object_size_in_memory 16 KB > ipcache_size 1024 > ipcache_low 90 > ipcache_high 95 > fqdncache_size 1024 > cache_replacement_policy lru > memory_replacement_policy lru > cache_dir ufs /usr/local/squid/var/cache 100 16 256 > cache_access_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log > cache_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/cache.log > cache_store_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/store.log > emulate_httpd_log off > log_ip_on_direct on > mime_table /usr/local/squid/etc/mime.conf > log_mime_hdrs off > pid_filename /usr/local/squid/var/logs/squid.pid > debug_options ALL,1 > log_fqdn off > client_netmask 255.255.255.255 > ftp_list_width 32 > ftp_passive on > ftp_sanitycheck on > ftp_telnet_protocol on > dns_retransmit_interval 5 seconds > dns_timeout 2 minutes > #defnames off > hosts_file /etc/hosts > diskd_program /usr/local/squid/libexec/diskd > unlinkd_program /usr/local/squid/libexec/unlinkd > redirect_children 5 > redirect_rewrites_host_header on > authenticate_cache_garbage_interval 1 hour > authenticate_ttl 1 hour > authenticate_ip_ttl 200 seconds > request_header_max_size 20 KB > request_body_max_size 0 KB > refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 > refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 > refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 > quick_abort_min 16 KB > quick_abort_max 16 KB > quick_abort_pct 95 > negative_ttl 5 minutes > positive_dns_ttl 6 hours > negative_dns_ttl 1 minute > range_offset_limit 0 KB > forward_timeout 4 minutes > connect_timeout 1 minute > peer_connect_timeout 30 seconds > read_timeout 15 minutes > request_timeout 5 minutes > persistent_request_timeout 1 minute > client_lifetime 1 day > half_closed_clients off > pconn_timeout 120 seconds > ident_timeout 10 seconds > shutdown_lifetime 30 seconds > > # ACCESS CONTROLS > # -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > #Recommended minimum configuration: > acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 > acl manager proto cache_object > acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 > acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 > > acl SSL_ports port 443 563 > acl Safe_ports port 80 # http > acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp > acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews > acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher > acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais > acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports > acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt > acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http > acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker > acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http > acl CONNECT method CONNECT > http_access deny all > http_access allow manager localhost > http_access deny manager > http_access deny !Safe_ports > http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports > acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24 > http_access allow our_networks > http_access deny all > http_reply_access allow all > icp_access allow all > miss_access allow all > ident_lookup_access deny all > reply_header_max_size 20 KB > reply_body_max_size 0 allow all > > # ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS > cache_mgr mohan-jayaweera@xxxxxxxxxxx > cache_effective_user squid > cache_effective_group squid > visible_hostname proxy > tcp_recv_bufsize 0 bytes > memory_pools_limit 5 MB > forwarded_for on > log_icp_queries on > icp_hit_stale off > minimum_direct_hops 4 > minimum_direct_rtt 400 > store_avg_object_size 13 KB > store_objects_per_bucket 20 > client_db on > netdb_low 900 > netdb_high 1000 > netdb_ping_period 5 minutes > query_icmp off > test_reachability off > buffered_logs off > reload_into_ims off > short_icon_urls off > error_directory /usr/local/squid/share/errors/English > maximum_single_addr_tries 1 > retry_on_error off > as_whois_server whois.ra.net > as_whois_server whois.ra.net > wccp_router 0.0.0.0 > wccp_version 4 > wccp_incoming_address 0.0.0.0 > wccp_outgoing_address 255.255.255.255 > prefer_direct off > strip_query_terms on > coredump_dir none > coredump_dir /usr/local/squid/var/cache > redirector_bypass off > ignore_unknown_nameservers on > client_persistent_connections on > server_persistent_connections on > detect_broken_pconn off > balance_on_multiple_ip on > pipeline_prefetch off > request_entities off > high_response_time_warning 0 > high_page_fault_warning 0 > high_memory_warning 0 > store_dir_select_algorithm least-load > ie_refresh off > vary_ignore_expire off > sleep_after_fork 0 > relaxed_header_parser on > >
