On Friday 19 March 2004, hno@squid-cache.org (Henrik Nordstrom) wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Niall O Broin wrote:
>
>> No, the file isn't missing, and squid IS starting (at least, there are
>> one or two processes) but it seems the main process gets stuck somehow
>> starting ncsa_auth, because I get no more messages in cache.log, and
>> there are no ncsa_auth processes. But yet if I simply do
>
>Ok. This symptom I know.
>
>You have set up firewalling on the loopback device, preventing your server
>from reaching itself over loopback. This will cause Squid to hang during
>startup waiting for communication to open to the helper process...
>
>Check your firewall rules, and make sure the loopback device is not
>firewalled.
Henrik you darling - I'm sure this is exactly what's wrong. There is a
firewall on that box. I'll speak to the guy who manages the firewall later and
hopefully that will sort us out.
Kindest regards,
Niall O Broin
Received on Fri Mar 19 2004 - 08:41:08 MST
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