Please can someone help me with my problem with SQUID 2.5.STABLE12 and using squid_ldapauth as authenticator. The configuration-file for squid is really simple and I've got from one an old system thats running under SQUID 2.5.STABLE1. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http_port 4480 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? cache_mem 8 MB cache_dir ufs /var/cache/squid 100 16 256 cache_access_log /var/log/squid/access.log cache_log none cache_store_log none emulate_httpd_log off ftp_user any@xxxxxxx ftp_passive on auth_param basic program /usr/sbin/squid_ldapauth auth_param basic realm Proxy auth_param basic children 3 refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 http_access allow password http_access deny all http_reply_access allow all icp_access deny all miss_access allow all coredump_dir /var/cache/squid visible_hostname intranet ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The system was installed completely from SuSE Linux 10.1 (over YAST). When I try to start squid (over 'rcsquid start') the following messages I've got in my log: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 27 10:48:45 intranet squid[24061]: Squid Parent: child process 24063 started Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Starting Squid Cache version 2.5.STABLE12 for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu... Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Process ID 24063 Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: With 4096 file descriptors available Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 1037, FD 6 Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Adding nameserver 166.82.1.3 from /etc/resolv.conf Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Adding nameserver 194.25.2.129 from /etc/resolv.conf Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Adding nameserver 192.168.7.7 from /etc/resolv.conf Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: helperOpenServers: Starting 3 'squid_ldapauth' processes Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24064]: ipcCreate: /usr/sbin/squid_ldapauth: (25) Inappropriate ioctl for device Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24065]: ipcCreate: /usr/sbin/squid_ldapauth: (25) Inappropriate ioctl for device Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: User-Agent logging is disabled. Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Referer logging is disabled. Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24066]: ipcCreate: /usr/sbin/squid_ldapauth: (25) Inappropriate ioctl for device Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 15 Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Swap maxSize 102400 KB, estimated 7876 objects Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Target number of buckets: 393 Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Using 8192 Store buckets Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Max Mem size: 8192 KB Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Max Swap size: 102400 KB Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Local cache digest enabled; rebuild/rewrite every 3600/3600 sec Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Store logging disabled Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Rebuilding storage in /var/cache/squid (DIRTY) Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Using Least Load store dir selection Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Set Current Directory to /var/cache/squid Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Loaded Icons. Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Accepting HTTP connections at 0.0.0.0, port 4480, FD 14. Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Accepting ICP messages at 0.0.0.0, port 3130, FD 16. Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: HTCP Disabled. Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Accepting SNMP messages on port 3401, FD 17. Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: WCCP Disabled. Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Ready to serve requests. Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: WARNING: basicauthenticator #1 (FD 9) exited Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: WARNING: basicauthenticator #2 (FD 10) exited Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: Too few basicauthenticator processes are running Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24063]: The basicauthenticator helpers are crashing too rapidly, need help! Oct 27 10:48:49 intranet squid[24061]: Squid Parent: child process 24063 exited due to signal 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What I've done yet: 1. the file squid_authldap is owned by user squid and group root. the filemode is 100750. 2. I've tryed to start squid_authldap as user squid --> success 3. I've started squid_authldap with -v -l to see the results --> all is Ok. 4. I've tested the program with data's --> works fine. 5. Used squid_ldap_auth instead of squid_lapdauth --> same result. 5. I've looked at squid homepage (faq, wiki, doc) and in the internet (with google), if somebody else got this problem --> found nobody What can I do else? Please help me. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards Döllken-Weimar GmbH http://www.sockelleisten.de - Profile für den Fachmann - / - Profiles for Professionals - Harald Falk Phone: +49-3643-417017 Fax: +49-3643-417033