1. OS: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 amd64 2. Squid User: squid:*:100:100:Squid caching-proxy psuedo user:/var/squid:/usr/sbin/nologin 3. # squid -v Squid Cache: Version 3.2.0.18-20120711-r11610 configure options: '--with-default-user=squid' '--bindir=/usr/local/sbin' '--sbindir=/usr/local/sbin' '--datadir=/usr/local/etc/squid' '--libexecdir=/usr/local/libexec/squid' '--localstatedir=/var/squid' --sysconfdir=/usr/local/etc/squid' '--with-logdir=/var/log/squid' '--with-pidfile=/var/run/squid/squid.pid' '--with-large-files' '--enable-removal-policies=lru heap' '--enable-delay-pools' '--disable-linux-netfilter' '--disable-linux-tproxy' '--disable-epoll' '--disable-translation' '--enable-basic-auth-helpers=DB NCSA PAM MSNT SMB squid_radius_auth YP' '--enable-digest-auth-helpers=password' '--enable-external-acl-helpers=ip_user session unix_group wbinfo_group' '--enable-ntlm-auth-helpers=smb_lm' '--enable-negotiate-auth-helpers=squid_kerb_auth' '--enable-storeio=ufs diskd aufs' '--enable-disk-io=AIO Blocking DiskDaemon DiskThreads' '--disable-ecap' '--disable-loadable-modules' '--enable-kqueue' '--prefix=/usr/local' '--mandir=/usr/local/man' '--infodir=/usr/local/info/' '--build=amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0' 'build_alias=amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0' 'CC=cc' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing' 'LDFLAGS=' 'CPPFLAGS=' 'CXX=c++' 'CXXFLAGS=-O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing' 'CPP=cpp' '--with-squid=/work/a/ports/www/squid31/work/squid-3.1.16' '--enable-ltdl-convenience' -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. squid.conf >> cache_effective_user squid # ls -all /var/squid/cache/squid/swap.state -rw-r----- 1 squid squid 130536 Jul 17 08:35 /var/squid/cache/squid/swap.state --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.# ls -all /var/squid/* /var/squid/cache: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 squid squid 512 Jul 13 10:55 . drwxr-xr-x 4 squid squid 512 Jul 13 10:55 .. drwxr-xr-x 18 squid squid 512 Jul 17 08:35 squid /var/squid/run: total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 squid squid 512 Jul 13 10:55 . drwxr-xr-x 4 squid squid 512 Jul 13 10:55 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 squid squid 512 Jul 13 10:55 squid --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6.# ls -all /var/log/squid drwxr-xr-x 2 squid squid 512 Jul 13 11:20 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 1024 Jul 17 09:00 .. -rw-r----- 1 squid squid 689024 Jul 16 10:42 access.log -rw-r----- 1 squid squid 90339 Jul 17 08:36 cache.log 7.# ls -all /usr/local/etc/squid total 344 drwxr-xr-x 4 squid squid 512 Jul 13 10:55 . drwxr-xr-x 14 root wheel 512 Jul 13 10:55 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 419 Jul 13 10:55 cachemgr.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 419 Jul 13 10:55 cachemgr.conf.default -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 1547 Jul 13 10:55 errorpage.css -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 1547 Jul 13 10:55 errorpage.css.default drwxr-xr-x 47 squid squid 2560 Jul 13 10:55 errors drwxr-xr-x 3 squid squid 512 Jul 13 10:55 icons -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 30845 Jul 13 10:55 mib.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 11954 Jul 13 10:55 mime.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 11954 Jul 13 10:55 mime.conf.default -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 421 Jul 13 10:55 msntauth.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 421 Jul 13 10:55 msntauth.conf.default -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 2407 Jul 13 12:45 squid.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 2323 Jul 13 10:55 squid.conf.default -rw-r--r-- 1 squid squid 244020 Jul 13 10:55 squid.conf.documented **************************************************************** With Regards, And in Advance Thank you very much for time and kind help.