Here's the error I am getting and my squid.conf FATAL: Ipc::Mem::Segment::create failed to ftruncate(/squid-squid-page-pool.shm): (22) Invalid argument Squid Cache (Version 3.4.4): Terminated abnormally. CPU Usage: 0.010 seconds = 0.009 user + 0.001 sys Maximum Resident Size: 45792 KB Page faults with physical i/o: 0 -=-=--= Begin Squid.conf -=-=-= # #Recommended minimum configuration: # always_direct allow all # Example rule allowing access from your local networks. # Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing # should be allowed acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 acl localnet src fc00::/7 acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl Safe_ports port 1-65535 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl CONNECT method GET POST HEAD CONNECT PUT DELETE # RFC1918 possible internal network #acl block-fnes urlpath_regex -i .*/fnes/echo # RFC 4193 local private network range acl noscan dstdomain .symantecliveupdate.com liveupdate.symantec.com psi3.secunia.com update.immunet.com # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines acl video urlpath_regex -i \.(m2a|avi|mov|mp(e?g|a|e|1|2|3|4)|m1s|mp2v|m2v|m2s|wmx|rm|rmvb|3pg|3gpp|omg|ogm|asf|asx|wmvm3u8|flv|ts) # # Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration: # # Only allow cachemgr access from localhost no_cache deny noscan always_direct allow noscan always_direct allow video # Deny requests to certain unsafe ports # Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports # We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent # web applications running on the proxy server who think the only # one who can access services on .localhost. is a local user #http_access deny to_localhost # # INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS # #cache_peer 192.168.1.1 parent 8080 0 default no-query no-digest no-netdb-exchange #never_direct allow all # Example rule allowing access from your local networks. # Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks # from where browsing should be allowed http_access allow all # allow localhost always proxy functionality # And finally deny all other access to this proxy # Squid normally listens to port 3128 http_port 192.168.2.2:8080 intercept http_port 192.168.2.2:3128 # We recommend you to use at least the following line. hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? # Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory. maximum_object_size 1000 MB cache_dir aufs /ssd/squid/cache0 45000 64 1024 cache_dir aufs /ssd/squid/cache1 45000 64 1024 # Leave coredumps in the first cache dir coredump_dir /var/cache/squid # Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these. # General Rules refresh_pattern -i \.(gif|png|jp(e?g|e|2)|ico|bmp|tiff|webp|bif|ver|pict|pixel)$ 220000 90% 300000 override-expire reload-into-ims ignore-reload store-stale refresh-ims max-stale=150000 ignore-auth refresh_pattern -i \.(swf|js|wav|css|class|dat|zsci|do|ver|advcs|woff|eps|ttf|svg|svgz|ps|acsm|wm(a|v))$ 220000 90% 300000 override-expire reload-into-ims ignore-reload ignore-private refresh-ims store-stale max-stale=150000 refresh_pattern -i \.(html|htm|crl)$ 9440 90% 259200 override-expire reload-into-ims ignore-reload store-stale max-stale=100000 refresh_pattern -i \.(xml|flow)$ 0 90% 100000 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern -i \.(json)$ 1440 90% 5760 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern -i ^http:\/\/liveupdate.symantecliveupdate.com.*\(zip)$ 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern -i microsoft.com/.*\.(cab|exe|ms[i|u|f]|asf|wm[v|a]|dat|zip)$ 4320 80% 259200 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern -i windowsupdate.com/.*\.(cab|exe|ms[i|u|f]|asf|wm[v|a]|dat|zip)$ 4320 80% 259200 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern -i windows.com/.*\.(cab|exe|ms[i|u|f]|asf|wm[v|a]|dat|zip)$ 4320 80% 259200 reload-into-ims refresh_pattern -i \.(bin|deb|rpm|drpm|exe|zip|tar|tgz|bz2|ipa|bz|ram|rar|bin|uxx|gz|crl|msi|dll|hz|cab|psf|vidt|apk|wtex|hz)$ 220000 90% 500000 override-expire reload-into-ims ignore-reload ignore-no-store ignore-private store-stale max-stale=300000 refresh_pattern -i \.(pp[t|x]|do(c?x)|pdf|xl(s?x)|csv|txt)$ 220000 90% 259200 override-expire reload-into-ims ignore-reload ignore-private ignore-no-store refresh-ims store-stale max-stale=100000 refresh_pattern -i ^ftp: 66000 90% 259200 refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern -i . 0 90% 200000 log_icp_queries off icp_port 0 htcp_port 0 snmp_port 0 minimum_object_size 0 KB buffered_logs on #pipeline_prefetch on cache_effective_user squid #header_replace User-Agent Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U;) Gecko/20080221 Firefox/2.0.0.9 maximum_object_size_in_memory 256 KB vary_ignore_expire on cache_mem 3 GB cache_swap_low 85 cache_swap_high 90 visible_hostname shadow unique_hostname shadow-DHS shutdown_lifetime 0 second request_header_max_size 256 KB half_closed_clients off max_filedesc 65535 connect_timeout 15 second cache_effective_group squid #access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid access_log daemon:/var/log/squid/access.log buffer-size=512KB client_db off dns_nameservers 127.0.0.1 tcp_outgoing_address 192.168.2.2 dns_v4_first on ipcache_low 95 ipcache_high 98 positive_dns_ttl 24 hours negative_dns_ttl 30 seconds fqdncache_size 2048 check_hostnames off forwarded_for delete via off pinger_enable off memory_replacement_policy heap LRU cache_replacement_policy heap LRU memory_pools on reload_into_ims on cache_store_log none read_ahead_gap 50 MB client_persistent_connections on server_persistent_connections on workers 2 -=-=-=- End Squid.conf -=-=-=-=-= Best regards, The Geek Guy Lawrence Pingree http://www.lawrencepingree.com/resume/ Author of "The Manager's Guide to Becoming Great" http://www.Management-Book.com -----Original Message----- From: fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 7:24 AM To: Lawrence Pingree Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: configuring Eliezer RPMs for CentOS 6 for SMP Hi Lawrence, Write permissions for user/group squid. Instead of just trying what worked for me, we should find what's happening with you: - what happens when you try to start squid in smp mode? - How are your squid.conf? - Are there erros on squid's cache.log? []s, Fernando Lozano > What permissions are needed? > > Best regards, > > The Geek Guy > > Lawrence Pingree