> From: Amos Jeffries [mailto:squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:59 PM > >> Well, there you go. Debug level #2 is full of debugging traces. > >> > >> FWIW: > >> level 0 - critical failure messages. > >> level 1 - warnings and important notices > >> level 2 thru 9 - debug traces (section specific) > >> > >> This is why the recommended level is 1 and not 2 or higher. > > > > Amos > > > > I'll try that - but there are too things to note.. > > > > 1) I initially increased the debugging to see the auth failures - > which > I > > couldn't see - despite going to 9. In fact, I saw no difference > > between > 1 > > and 2 so that's why I left it at that. > > > > 2) My logging options are to output to: > > 1128 access_log /var/log/squid3/access.log combined > > 1137 cache_log /var/log/squid3/cache.log > > > > > > I meant to send this out on Friday. Anacron doesn't seem to have > sent > me > > the notice since I made the change, but nonetheless, I'm curious as > to > why > > that would make a difference. My assumption is that no matter what > I > put > > the debugging level at, it should log to file, not to anacron. > > They are part of the configuration file loading. The system log is > used for initial startup messages before the cache.log file is > configured for use. debug_options takes effect immediately on being > read in, but cache.log opening is done after the config load is > finished and the final cache.log location is known (it can currently > be specific twice or more with different filenames). That would imply that squid is also being restarted on a daily basis.. Is that implication correct? Is that behaviour correct? Simon