hi , alex & amos , thanks very much for clarification , but im wondering why this info you posted here is not found on the wiki !!! agian , i have 3 workers 3 rock disk so ===================== 3 disker process 3 worker prcoess i have 1 coordinator process 1 master squid process ===================== here is from my server #ps aux | grep squid =============================================================== *root * 7148 0.0 0.0 1329360 1568 ? Ss 10:42 0:00 squid <==== master process squid 7150 0.0 0.7 1305644 30944 ? S 10:42 0:00 (squid-coord-7) <===coordinator squid 7151 0.0 0.7 1339780 28036 ? S 10:42 0:01 (squid-disk-6)<=== disker squid 7152 0.0 0.7 1339780 30068 ? S 10:42 0:01 (squid-disk-5)<=== disker squid 7153 0.0 0.7 1339780 28048 ? S 10:42 0:01 (squid-disk-4)<=== disker squid 7154 0.0 0.7 1406764 27844 ? S 10:42 0:00 (squid-3)<=== worker squid 7155 0.0 0.7 1406764 27856 ? S 10:42 0:00 (squid-2)<=== worker squid 7156 0.0 0.8 1311244 34256 ? S 10:42 0:01 (squid-1)<=== worker ========================================================== ive put comments on them to make sure about wt i understood !! if i was correct, the master process is run by root user ??? plz correct me if i was wrong ! regards ----- Dr.x -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/something-not-being-understood-in-workers-squid-proces-cores-mapping-tp4662942p4662967.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.