Dear group, I'm trying to setup a squid proxy server (2.6.5-6etch4) with clamav content scanning (0.94.dfsg.2-1~volatile1) on a Debian Etch server. As a helper program I use SCAVR 1.8.0. When I start squid it crashes with the below messages from syslog. In squid.conf I have: redirect_program /usr/local/bin/SquidClamAV_Redirector.py -c /etc/squid/SquidClamAV_Redirector.conf What is going wrong here? Should I use another script between squid and clamav? Thanks for your help. P. /var/log/syslog: Jan 28 16:35:27 proxy01 squid[3082]: Squid Parent: child process 3084 started Jan 28 16:35:27 proxy01 squid[3084]: Starting Squid Cache version 2.6.STABLE5 for i386-debian-linux-gnu... Jan 28 16:35:27 proxy01 squid[3084]: Process ID 3084 Jan 28 16:35:27 proxy01 squid[3084]: With 1024 file descriptors available Jan 28 16:35:27 proxy01 squid[3084]: Using epoll for the IO loop Jan 28 16:35:27 proxy01 squid[3084]: Performing DNS Tests... Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Successful DNS name lookup tests... Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 1026, FD 6 Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Adding nameserver 192.168.100.1 from /etc/resolv.conf Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: helperOpenServers: Starting 5 'SquidClamAV_Redirector.py' processes Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: helperOpenServers: Starting 5 'pam_auth' processes Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: User-Agent logging is disabled. Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Referer logging is disabled. Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 21 Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Swap maxSize 2048000 KB, estimated 157538 objects Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Target number of buckets: 7876 Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Using 8192 Store buckets Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Max Mem size: 8192 KB Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Max Swap size: 2048000 KB Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Local cache digest enabled; rebuild/rewrite every 3600/3600 sec Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Rebuilding storage in /data/var/squid/spool (DIRTY) Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Using Least Load store dir selection Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Set Current Directory to /var/spool/squid Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Loaded Icons. Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Accepting proxy HTTP connections at 0.0.0.0, port 8080, FD 23. Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Accepting ICP messages at 0.0.0.0, port 3130, FD 24. Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: HTCP Disabled. Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: WCCP Disabled. Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Ready to serve requests. Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: WARNING: url_rewriter #5 (FD 11) exited Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: WARNING: url_rewriter #4 (FD 10) exited Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: WARNING: url_rewriter #3 (FD 9) exited Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: Too few url_rewriter processes are running Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3084]: The url_rewriter helpers are crashing too rapidly, need help! Jan 28 16:35:28 proxy01 squid[3082]: Squid Parent: child process 3084 exited due to signal 6