> -----Original Message----- > From: "Michal W." [mailto:mihalw@xxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:11 PM > To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Squid slow shutdown > > > Hello, > > I am using Squid on a home desktop system > (Linux/Gentoo/AMD64), which is > typically shutdown several times a day. > During system shutdown it takes quite a long time (~30 > seconds) to stop > Squid. > (This time is about the same when I stop Squid manually by > running init > scripts or calling "squid -k shutdown"). > > I am aware that Squids needs to shutdown cleanly, but it > appears it does > nothing (minimal cpu/disc activity). > Is it normal, or is there something wrong with my setup? > > Thanks, > Michal > > >From squid.conf.default: # TAG: shutdown_lifetime time-units # When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into # "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed. # This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors # during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many # seconds will receive a 'timeout' message. # #Default: # shutdown_lifetime 30 seconds Likely you have a process that is accessing a site through the cache. The cache, trying to be a good neighbor, is waiting for that access to finish before shutting down. After the shutdown_lifetime, it just closes the connection. Either make sure nothing is accessing the internet through Squid, or lower this value. Then again, I could be completely off base. Chris
