Linux Fedora Core 6 running as SQUID proxy server.
Running SQUID 2.6 Stable 9
Cache directories
/cache01
/cache02
Log directories
/squid/log
I can successfully create the swap directories and run the squid as a daemon process, but I can't get it to run on boot using the chckconfig squid on and I can't start the service using service squid start. When I try that my squid.out file fills up with
FATAL: cache_dir /cache01/cache: (13) Permission denied
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE9): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.000 seconds = 0.000 user + 0.000 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 9
2007/05/07 09:46:06| Creating Swap Directories
FATAL: Failed to make swap directory /cache01/cache: (13) Permission denied
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE9): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.000 seconds = 0.000 user + 0.000 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 0
FATAL: Failed to make swap directory /cache02/cache: (13) Permission denied
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE9): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.000 seconds = 0.000 user + 0.000 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 0
2007/05/07 09:46:07| Creating Swap Directories
FATAL: Failed to make swap directory /cache01/cache: (13) Permission denied
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE9): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.004 seconds = 0.000 user + 0.004 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 0
FATAL: Failed to make swap directory /cache02/cache: (13) Permission denied
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE9): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.000 seconds = 0.000 user + 0.000 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 0
FATAL: cache_dir /cache01/cache: (13) Permission denied
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE9): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.000 seconds = 0.000 user + 0.000 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 0
FATAL: cache_dir /cache01/cache: (13) Permission denied
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE9): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.000 seconds = 0.000 user + 0.000 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 9
FATAL: cache_dir /cache01/cache: (13) Permission denied
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE9): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.000 seconds = 0.000 user + 0.000 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 0
I'm certain I have the directory permissions correct else the daemon wouldn't run and I wouldn't be able to use the proxy. How can I get the service to run on boot?
Thanks in advance...
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I tried your suggestion but it still doesn't work. Let me expand on it a bit.
When I boot up the squid service will not start and the /var/log/squid/squid.out is full of Permission denied on the cache directories.
BUT....
Once logged on as root, if I just type squid, the service daemon will start and the cache runs. I just can't get it to run at startup.
Ok, what you need to do is have a look in your /etc/passwd file to see what the userid and groupid of the squid user are.
Once you have those run the following commands as root
chown -R <squids-userid>:<squids-gr
chown -R <squids-userid>:<squids-gr
Hopefully that should sort the problem out :-)
Okay I got it to work, here's what I ended up doing.....
I uninstalled the Fedora RPM for SQUID, downloaded the Stable12 from squid-cache.org and compiled it per the FAQ instructions. After that I was able to edit the rcX.d for the appropriate runtime levels and it works perfectly. So there must be something wrong with the current RPM build of SQUID for Fedora.
At any rate, thank you for your help. Enjoy the points! :)
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by: mrhammiPosted on 2007-05-08 at 00:45:53ID: 19048098
Have you checked that the user running the squid daemon also has permissions to rw to subfolders too? Setting up a mask with umask should fix that problem. Setting "umask 22" on the cache directories you have defined should give the user full access and permission to do what it needs in the subdirectories.
As for starting up when your computer boots all you have to do is put a startup script into your /etc/rcX directory. For squid it is recommended that it goes in runlevel 5 or 6, so /etc/rc5.d/ or /etc/rc6.d/
Hope that helped a bit :-)