Hi Brian, Suppose you have tried this already, but does squidguard generate its own log files (the logdir directive in squidGuard.conf)? If not, try to #touch /path/to/logdir/squidGuard.log , make sure the logfile has correct permissions (could be 644 squid:squid in your case) and see if it helps. Regards, Tuukka > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Sansome [mailto:msansome@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:51 PM > To: Brian E. Conklin > Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Squid with SquidGuard > > Brian E. Conklin wrote: > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Mark Sansome [mailto:msansome@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > >>Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:21 PM > >>To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>Subject: Squid with SquidGuard > >> > >> > >>Hello chaps, > >> > >>I know that this is a Squid mailing list and not the > >>SquidGuard list - by I have exhausted the help of the good > >>folks on the SquidGuard list... > >> > >>I actually have Squid up and running and am very happy with it :) > >>however, I *do* want to use squidGuard with it too. > >> > >>Squid runs on a FC4 machine dealing with the proxy requests > >>of my small home network. > >> > >>I have tried installing squidGuard from RPM, Yum, and by > >>installing from source. All fail to work with squid. > >> > >>I have tried squidGuard with the simplest of SquidGuard.conf files : > >> > >>logdir /var/log/squidguard > >>acl { > >> default { > >> pass all > >> } > >>} > >> > >>and the command: > >># /usr/bin/squidGuard -d > >>2006-01-07 23:54:38 [28284] squidGuard 1.2.0 started (1136678078.397) > >>2006-01-07 23:54:38 [28284] squidGuard ready for requests > >>(1136678078.400) > >> > >>seems to show that squidGuard is happy... > >> > >>However, as soon as I put the line: > >>redirect_program /usr/bin/squidGuard -c /etc/squid/squidGuard.conf > >>into squid.conf everything goes wrong. > >> > >>In /var/log/squid/cache.log I find the following: > >>2006/01/07 23:51:03| helperOpenServers: Starting 5 > >>'squidGuard' processes > >>2006/01/07 23:51:03| WARNING: Cannot run > >>'/usr/bin/squidGuard' process. > >>2006/01/07 23:51:03| WARNING: Cannot run > >>'/usr/bin/squidGuard' process. > >>2006/01/07 23:51:03| WARNING: Cannot run > >>'/usr/bin/squidGuard' process. > >>2006/01/07 23:51:03| WARNING: Cannot run > >>'/usr/bin/squidGuard' process. > >>2006/01/07 23:51:03| WARNING: Cannot run > >>'/usr/bin/squidGuard' process. > >> > >>No matter what I do I cannot seem to get SquidGuard to start > >>from within > >>Squid. > >> > >>What am I doing wrong? > >> > >>Can I get any more detailed output as to *exactly* why Squid > >>can't run squidGuard? > >> > >>Any ideas? > >> > >> > > > >I found much more help (including a better howto and trouble shooting > >section) at http://www.maynidea.com/squidguard/ > > > >Brian E. Conklin, MCP+I, MCSE > >Director of Information Services > >voice: 360-427-3423 > >fax: 360-427-9599 > > > > > > > >>Thanks in advance > >> > >>Mark > >> > >> > >> > >> > >= > > > Brian C. > > Thanks Brian, > > That was one of the many resources I used. I too found it useful and > when I tried installing from source (last resort) I followed his > step-by-step guide *exactly* - Still didn't work... > > Brian P. > > Thanks Brian, > > Brian Phillips wrote: > > Do: > > # ls -l /usr/bin/squidGuard > > And tell us what the permissions are (paste em here.) > > > Since I wrote my message (it's an edited form of the one I sent to the > squidGuard mailing list) I have uninstalled that (RPM) version of > squidGuard and installed from source. The current version is therefore > in /usr/local/squidguard/bin/ > > It gives me: > [root@localhost mark]# ls -la /usr/local/squidguard/bin/squidGuard > -rwxr-xr-x 1 squid squid 731596 Jan 11 14:18 > /usr/local/squidguard/bin/squidGuard > > I have tried changing ownerships and permissions of every file I can > think of and followed every guide I can find... > > Any help gratefully received... > > Thanks again. > > Mark >
