Hello, I have recently been debugging my squid through a reconfiguration. I often have to restart the proxy or do a force-reload (all with the scripts in /etc/init.d). I have noticed that too often, the permissions on /var/spool/squid/swap.state and swap.state.clean (or whatever it?s companion filename is?) get changed, and squid can?t reload them. I get permission denied. This happens often (like, 1 in very 4 restarts). The only solution is to delete them and let squid remake them. I checked the mailing lists and found this: http://squid-cache.bestwebcover.com/mail-archive/squid-users/200409/0346.htm l I have no cronjobs that a) access these files or b) run at the EXACT moments I am reloading/restarting the proxy. Because of the randomness in my ?debugging? I am led to believe it?s something in the init scripts. I checked them and there is only one entry for /var/spool in the ?start? function of the script: start () { cdr=`grepconf2 cache_dir /var/spool/$NAME` I don?t know what this command does, maybe someone out there can tell me if it could possibly be the culprit? For other information, I run stock debian. Not stable, but not bleeding edge version either?I don?t know the names anymore :D I was mainly wondering out loud to the list, has any other debian users experienced similar problems? Brian
