Hi I am using following configuration ================= auth_param basic /usr/local/squid/libexec/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/passwd auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server auth_param basic children 5 auth_param basic concurrency 0 auth_param basic credentialsttl 7200 seconds auth_param basic casesensitive off ===================== Here are the results from Cache Manager ======================= Basic Authenticator Statistics: program: /usr/local/squid/libexec/ncsa_auth number running: 5 of 5 requests sent: 10040 replies received: 10040 queue length: 0 avg service time: 8.16 msec FD PID Requests Pending Flags Time Offset Request 1 265 15197 1864 0 0.000 0 (none) 2 281 15198 2 0 0.000 0 (none) 3 319 15199 0 0 0.000 0 (none) 4 394 15200 0 0 0.000 0 (none) 5 421 15201 0 0 0.000 0 (none) Flags key: B = BUSY C = CLOSING S = SHUTDOWN auth_param basic blankpassword off ================================== 95% of the times just first process is overloaded. Why is this program not distributing the load equally among all. Is there any way to do this? Regards Paresh __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your partner now. Go to http://yahoo.shaadi.com