Mark Elsen wrote: >>If I put the command >>/usr/sbin/squid -NC >>in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file it hangs the system on reboot! >> >> > > You can not use it like that in rc.local, that way of SQUID starting is ment >to be used from the command line, and intended for problem solving tasks. >Use "squid -h" to understand the meaning of these flags >For rc.local just use : > > _path_to_squid/squid > >afterwards, check cache.log , watchout for FATAL errors, if > > > >>I think it's something to do with the cache (/var/spool/squid). >> >> >Whatever caused it, the only remedy was to power off and reboot with a >rescue disk & comment out the line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. > > >>Interestingly, if I try the command /usr/sbin/squid on its own with no switches, the system starts OK but I get the same old error (WARNING: Cannot run '/usr/bin/squidGuard' process.) and squidGuard is not running. >> >>So what on earth is going on? >> >> > > We need to re-iterate ; > > On the command line : > > # squid -NCd 1 > >check whether this works, again. > >Then just put startup command in rc.local the way I explained. >Check cache.log > >M. > > > Hi Mark, Hi List, Sorry, I explained myself badly. I did put "/usr/sbin/squid -NC" in rc.local at first which caused the crash. The next thing I did (after restoring the system) was to read the -h comments (slap myself) and put just the command "/usr/sbin/squid" in rc.local. As I point out above (badly worded): >>Interestingly, if I try the command /usr/sbin/squid on its own with no switches, the system starts OK but I >>get the same old error (WARNING: Cannot run '/usr/bin/squidGuard' process.) and squidGuard is not running. without the -NC switches the command "/usr/sbin/squid" in rc.local starts OK but does not start squidGuard - and gives exactly the same errors in cache.log as I've been getting all along when starting squid with "/sbin/service squid start". The only thing that gives me hope is the fact that "/usr/sbin/squid -NCd 1" from the command line does in fact work (and I've just tried it again to be sure!). So. To be clear: "/usr/sbin/squid -NCd 1" from the command line works just fine; "/usr/sbin/squid" in /etc/rc.d/rc.local does not; and produces the same error as "/sbin/service squid start" from the command line. Apologies for the confusion. What next? Thanks again (I *really* appreciate your help) Mark
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