Brian Phillips wrote: >'su - squid' > >It COMPLETELY sets you as the squid user. > >Are you starting squid as root? Or are you using the init scripts? Or are >you just running it on the command line as squid/proxy? > > > > If I try as a non-privileged user: [mark@localhost ~]$ su - squid Password: su: incorrect password (Don't know what the squid password is - should I? Can I find out?) If I try as root: [root@localhost mark]# su - squid /usr/local/squidguard/bin/squidGuard -c /etc/squidguard.conf This account is currently not available. [root@localhost mark]# [root@localhost mark]# su - squid This account is currently not available. [root@localhost mark]# Hmmm... *Should* that work? I start squid either by rebooting or with the command /sbin/service squid restart [or start or stop] (as root). Whichever way, it will start quite happily but will still list the same error in "cache.log" and the proxy will not work. Taking the "redirect_program /usr/local/squidguard/bin/squidGuard -c /etc/squidguard.conf" line out of squid.conf and restarting will allow squid to work properly. I can start squidGuard from the command line (as root) with the command: [root@localhost mark]# /usr/local/squidguard/bin/squidGuard -d which gives the response: 2006-01-16 21:31:01 [16626] squidGuard 1.2.0 started (1137447061.766) 2006-01-16 21:31:01 [16626] squidGuard ready for requests (1137447061.806) (although I have to CTRL-c to get back to the command line - is that normal?) So - if my reasoning is correct, I can start squidGuard as root, but when squid tries to launch it, it fails because it does not have the right permissions somewhere or other. As you can see above I don't seem to be able to pretend to be squid myself so that I can start it from the command line and see what information I get... Any ideas? Thanks again Mark
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