From: GIGO . <gigoz@xxxxxxx> > On a compiled squid3 stable24. I am unable to run squid as root in > Ubuntu. So the cache_effective_user defined in squid.conf never comes into play. > Is this a security concern? what good is cache_effective_user for? > Is it right to run squid with the default ubuntu user one has installed > the OS? > On ubuntu there lies another user proxy(13) having > group proxy? For what purpose this user exist if this has any relation with > squid? > Startup scripts in etc/init.d run with root privilege > on system startup? however my startup script never succeeds because permission > is denied to run squid as root? is there a way to fix this issue. > please if somebody enlighten me about these concepts i would be really > thankful as unable to get this concept right myself. I suggest you look at these:http://tinyurl.com/yfrjkdc Basicaly, install the standard packaged squid and see the init.rd script and conf file they are using. Then, remove it and use your compiled version and adapt it. JD
