Should "squid -kparse" be of help for such a scenario? Else then using the default squid.conf it would be helpful to explain what are the basic squid.conf that is required for squid to run. I believe that a wiki/doc about this would be nice (volunteering to write a draft later on) Eliezer ---- Eliezer Croitoru NgTech, Tech Support Mobile: +972-5-28704261 Email: ngtech1ltd@xxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: squid-users <squid-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Amos Jeffries Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2022 10:38 To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: SQUID refuses to listen on any TCP Port On 3/03/22 14:48, ben wrote: > Hi,Alex, > > > Thanks for your help. I run squid with the option d1 and its output is > as followings > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Current Directory is /root > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Starting Squid Cache version 4.17 for > x86_64-pc-linux-gnu... > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Service Name: squid > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Process ID 239617 > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Process Roles: worker > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| With 1024 file descriptors available > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Initializing IP Cache... > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| DNS Socket created at [::], FD 5 > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, FD 8 > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Adding nameserver 8.8.8.8 from /etc/resolv.conf > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Logfile: opening log > daemon:/var/log/squid/access.log > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Logfile Daemon: opening log > /var/log/squid/access.log > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Local cache digest enabled; rebuild/rewrite > every 3600/3600 sec > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Store logging disabled > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Swap maxSize 0 + 262144 KB, estimated 20164 > objects > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Target number of buckets: 1008 > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Using 8192 Store buckets > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Max Mem size: 262144 KB > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Max Swap size: 0 KB > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Using Least Load store dir selection > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Current Directory is /root > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| Finished loading MIME types and icons. > 2022/03/03 09:17:39 kid1| HTCP Disabled. > > the only line in squid.conf is http_port 3128 That itself could be the problem. Please at least use the default config file shown in <https://wiki.squid-cache.org/Squid-4>, or better use the squid.conf file built with your custom binary. Cheers Amos _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users