As I expect and suspected my exposed box had been compromised. I used a knoppix DVD they can't write to/effing alter it for physical reasons. Their efforts would be futile, senseless. If I get the time I will write up a nicer document, but since I do believe in karma I want to help other people running into the same problem // __ download squid and check the md5 and sha1 hashsums http://www.squid-cache.org/Download/ http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/ Stable Versions (right now): http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v4/ ~ // __ untar and gunzip the sources ... ~ // __ compilation of sources based on https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/CompilingSquid _PRFX="<wherever you want to install squid on a permanent drive>" _VER="squid-4.15" # used as prefix for log files cd "${_VER}" pwd _DT=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S) _LOG_FL="${_VER}_configure_${_DT}.log" echo "// __ \$_LOG_FL: |${_LOG_FL}|" time( ./configure --prefix="${_PRFX}" \ --localstatedir="${_PRFX}/var" \ --libexecdir="${prefix}/lib/squid3" \ --datadir="${prefix}/share/squid3" \ --sysconfdir="${_PRFX}/etc/squid3" \ --with-default-user=proxy \ --with-logdir="${_PRFX}/var/log/squid3" \ --with-pidfile="${_PRFX}/var/run/squid3.pid" >> "${_LOG_FL}" 2>&1 ) 2>> "${_LOG_FL}" echo "~" >> "${_LOG_FL}" // __ running: make _DT=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S) _LOG_FL="${_VER}_make_${_DT}.log" echo "// __ \$_LOG_FL: |${_LOG_FL}|" echo "// __ make -j1:" >> "${_LOG_FL}" echo " " >> "${_LOG_FL}" time(make -j1 >> "${_LOG_FL}" 2>&1) 2>> "${_LOG_FL}" echo "~" >> "${_LOG_FL}" tail -n 10 "${_LOG_FL}" // __ running: sudo make install _DT=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S) _LOG_FL="${_VER}_make_install_${_DT}.log" echo "// __ \$_LOG_FL: |${_LOG_FL}|" echo "// __ make install:" >> "${_LOG_FL}" echo " " >> "${_LOG_FL}" time(sudo make install >> "${_LOG_FL}" 2>&1) 2>> "${_LOG_FL}" echo "~" >> "${_LOG_FL}" tail -n 10 "${_LOG_FL}" ~ // __ reaching out to your install base _SQUID3_HOME="/media/knoppix/squid3/4.15/" PATH="${_SQUID3_HOME}/sbin:$PATH" which squid squid --version $ which squid /media/knoppix/squid3/4.15/sbin/squid $ squid --version Squid Cache: Version 4.15 Service Name: squid configure options: '--prefix=/media/knoppix/squid3/4.15' '--localstatedir=/media/knoppix/squid3/4.15/var' '--libexecdir=/lib/squid3' '--datadir=/share/squid3' '--sysconfdir=/media/knoppix/squid3/4.15/etc/squid3' '--with-default-user=proxy' '--with-logdir=/media/knoppix/squid3/4.15/var/log/squid3' '--with-pidfile=/media/knoppix/squid3/4.15/var/run/squid3.pid' $ sudo squid ... _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users