On Apr 8, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Dean Weimer wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: donovan jeffrey j [mailto:donovan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 7:37 AM > To: Amos Jeffries > Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: UDP errors after upgrade to 3.1.1 > > > <snip> > >> no pid file in the 3.1.1 build. > >> I check my other copies and they all made the PID file in > /usr/local/squid/var/logs/squid.pid >> nothing is in my 3.1.1 > >> cat: /usr/local/squid/var/logs/squid.pid: No such file or directory > > The machines I have installed 3.1.1 on want to place the pid file in > /usr/local/squid/var/run/squid.pid > > Unfortunately the install doesn't appear to build that directory, simply > do a mkdir /usr/local/squid/var/run (make sure its owned by your squid > user). Then either kill and restart squid, or manually create a > squid.pid file with the process id in it. YAY! nc-106:var root# mkdir run nc-106:var root# chown squid:wheel run nc-106:var root# ls -la total 0 drwxr-xr-x 4 squid wheel 136 Apr 8 09:27 . drwxr-xr-x 11 root wheel 374 Apr 1 10:20 .. drwxr-xr-x 36 squid wheel 1224 Apr 8 08:55 logs drwxr-xr-x 2 squid wheel 68 Apr 8 09:27 run nc-106:var root# cd run nc-106:run root# ls nc-106:run root# squid -d1x nc-106:run root# ls squid.pid nc-106:run root# cat squid.pid 36555 nc-106:run root# squid -k check "no news is good news " nc-106:run root# squid -k rotate <snip> logfileRotate: /usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log nc-106:run root# squid -k shutdown <snip> Squid Cache (Version 3.1.1): Exiting normally. worked like a champ. I had to create the " run " directory, then all was happy. thanks dean -j