Hi There On the command line, type in : squid -z Then Do a: chown squid:squid /var/spool/squid/ -Rf And try to start again. -----Original Message----- From: doni [mailto:mediono@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 25 July 2005 10:44 AM To: Ben; squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: squid failed. The error was: init_cache_dir Try to check /var/log/messages ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben" <server@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 3:46 AM Subject: squid failed. The error was: init_cache_dir > Hi All, > Im running FC3 and have squid built into this distro. Anyway, when > trying to start it in the service manager, i get this message. >> squid failed. The error was: init_cache_dir /var/spool/squid... >> Starting >> squid: [FAILED] > > Im not sure what im meant to do, in /var/spool/squid the permissions > are > 777 > > Please advise. > > Thanks > > Ben >