I've tried an absolutely fresh install of squid and still get a 1067 error when starting the service. There is now nothing written to squid.exe.log but cache.log includes the text below: 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Starting Squid Cache version 2.7.STABLE8 for i686-pc-winnt... 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Running as Squid Windows System Service on Windows Server 2003 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Service command line is: 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Process ID 3796 2011/05/25 13:54:39| With 2048 file descriptors available 2011/05/25 13:54:39| With 2048 CRT stdio descriptors available 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Windows sockets initialized 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Using select for the IO loop 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Performing DNS Tests... 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Successful DNS name lookup tests... 2011/05/25 13:54:39| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 22166, FD 5 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Adding nameserver 10.131.208.10 from squid.conf 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Adding nameserver 10.131.208.1 from squid.conf 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Adding nameserver 208.67.222.222 from squid.conf 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Adding nameserver 208.67.220.220 from squid.conf 2011/05/25 13:54:39| User-Agent logging is disabled. 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Referer logging is disabled. 2011/05/25 13:54:39| logfileOpen: opening log c:/squid/var/logs/access.log 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 8 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Swap maxSize 262144 + 8192 KB, estimated 20795 objects 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Target number of buckets: 1039 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Using 8192 Store buckets 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Max Mem size: 8192 KB 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Max Swap size: 262144 KB 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Local cache digest enabled; rebuild/rewrite every 3600/3600 sec 2011/05/25 13:54:39| logfileOpen: opening log c:/squid/var/logs/store.log 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Rebuilding storage in d:/cache (DIRTY) 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Using Least Load store dir selection 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Set Current Directory to d:/cache 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Loaded Icons. 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Accepting proxy HTTP connections at 0.0.0.0, port 3128, FD 13. 2011/05/25 13:54:39| Accepting ICP messages at 0.0.0.0, port 3130, FD 14. 2011/05/25 13:54:39| commBind: Cannot bind socket FD 15 to *:4827: (10013) WSAEACCES, Permission denied. FATAL: Cannot open HTCP Socket Squid Cache (Version 2.7.STABLE8): Terminated abnormally. On 25 May 2011 13:22, Rhys Evans <rhys.evans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've encountered this strange error situation and would appreciate any > attempts to shed light on the issue. > > I've got a squid service running on Windows Server 2003 (this squid > service has been running since October 2008) and just the other day > (after a power cut) the service will no longer start. > > The error number when trying to start the service is 1067. > > The error in squid.exe.log is: 2011/05/25 13:12:28| parseConfigFile: > squid.conf:1 unrecognized: 'ï'" (There is a tall rectangle character > in those quotes). > > The last successful and the first unsuccessful entries from cache.log are: > > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Starting Squid Cache version 2.7.STABLE4 for > i686-pc-winnt... > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Running as Squid Windows System Service on > Windows Server 2003 > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Service command line is: > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Process ID 3004 > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| With 2048 file descriptors available > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| With 2048 CRT stdio descriptors available > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Windows sockets initialized > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Using select for the IO loop > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Performing DNS Tests... > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Successful DNS name lookup tests... > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 52505, FD 5 > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Adding nameserver 10.131.208.10 from squid.conf > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Adding nameserver 10.131.208.1 from squid.conf > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Adding nameserver 208.67.222.222 from squid.conf > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Adding nameserver 208.67.220.220 from squid.conf > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| User-Agent logging is disabled. > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Referer logging is disabled. > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| logfileOpen: opening log c:/squid/var/logs/access.log > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 8 > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Swap maxSize 262144 + 16384 KB, estimated 0 objects > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Target number of buckets: 1071 > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Using 8192 Store buckets > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Max Mem Âsize: 16384 KB > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Max Swap size: 262144 KB > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Local cache digest enabled; rebuild/rewrite every > 3600/3600 sec > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| logfileOpen: opening log c:/squid/var/logs/store.log > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Rebuilding storage in d:/cache (CLEAN) > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Using Least Load store dir selection > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| chdir: c:/squid/var/cache: (2) No such file or directory > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Current Directory is C:\squid\sbin > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Loaded Icons. > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Accepting proxy HTTP connections at 0.0.0.0, port > 3128, FD 14. > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Accepting ICP messages at 0.0.0.0, port 3130, FD 15. > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Accepting HTCP messages on port 4827, FD 16. > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Accepting SNMP messages on port 3401, FD 17. > 2011/05/22 22:00:02| Ready to serve requests. > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Store rebuilding is 42.8% complete > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Done reading d:/cache swaplog (9566 entries) > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Finished rebuilding storage from disk. > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â Â Â9566 Entries scanned > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â Â Â Â 0 Invalid entries. > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â Â Â Â 0 With invalid flags. > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â Â Â9566 Objects loaded. > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â Â Â Â 0 Objects expired. > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â Â Â Â 0 Objects cancelled. > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â Â Â Â 0 Duplicate URLs purged. > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â Â Â Â 0 Swapfile clashes avoided. > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â Took 0.5 seconds (18015.1 objects/sec). > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Beginning Validation Procedure > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â Completed Validation Procedure > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â Validated 9566 Entries > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| Â store_swap_size = 235728k > 2011/05/22 22:00:03| storeLateRelease: released 0 objects > 2011/05/23 10:45:33| ipcacheParse: No Address records in response to > 'www.google.com' > 2011/05/23 10:50:52| ipcacheParse: No Address records in response to > 'www.update.microsoft.com' > 2011/05/23 11:00:03| ipcacheParse: No Address records in response to > 'www.update.microsoft.com' > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Starting Squid Cache version 2.7.STABLE4 for > i686-pc-winnt... > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Running as Squid Windows System Service on > Windows Server 2003 > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Service command line is: > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Process ID 2364 > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| With 2048 file descriptors available > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| With 2048 CRT stdio descriptors available > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Windows sockets initialized > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Using select for the IO loop > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Performing DNS Tests... > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Successful DNS name lookup tests... > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 1096, FD 5 > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Adding nameserver 10.131.208.10 from squid.conf > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Adding nameserver 10.131.208.1 from squid.conf > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Adding nameserver 208.67.222.222 from squid.conf > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Adding nameserver 208.67.220.220 from squid.conf > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| User-Agent logging is disabled. > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Referer logging is disabled. > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| logfileOpen: opening log c:/squid/var/logs/access.log > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 8 > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Swap maxSize 262144 + 16384 KB, estimated 0 objects > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Target number of buckets: 1071 > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Using 8192 Store buckets > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Max Mem Âsize: 16384 KB > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Max Swap size: 262144 KB > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Local cache digest enabled; rebuild/rewrite every > 3600/3600 sec > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| logfileOpen: opening log c:/squid/var/logs/store.log > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Rebuilding storage in d:/cache (DIRTY) > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Using Least Load store dir selection > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| chdir: c:/squid/var/cache: (2) No such file or directory > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Current Directory is C:\squid\sbin > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Loaded Icons. > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Accepting proxy HTTP connections at 0.0.0.0, port > 3128, FD 14. > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| Accepting ICP messages at 0.0.0.0, port 3130, FD 15. > 2011/05/24 08:27:15| commBind: Cannot bind socket FD 16 to *:4827: > (10013) WSAEACCES, Permission denied. > FATAL: Cannot open HTCP Socket > Squid Cache (Version 2.7.STABLE4): Terminated abnormally. > > I've tried reverting to an earlier config file, building a new config > file, forcing encoding to ANSI, tried different line endings. > > I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the service. > > I've tried replacing the squid directory. > > I've tried replacing and rebuilding the cache directory (it also kicks > up an error about that character on the first line of the conf file). > > I've tried disabling socket pooling for IIS. > > Anything else I should try? >