hi grmbl, i Bought back the initial config file and i change permission on cache_effective_user from root to a standar user(in my case proxy-server) but i still have this error when i try to initialize the cache: Initializing the Squid cache with the command squid3 -f /etc/squid3/squid.conf -z .. 2014/02/11 17:24:09 kid1| Creating missing swap directories 2014/02/11 17:24:09 kid1| No cache_dir stores are configured. <- -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/cache-directory-initialization-failed-tp4664719p4664721.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.