Re: [squid-users] Error in STABLE11

> > The result, in both tests (patched and un-patched) Squid can be shutted
down
> > nicely when the webcache service exist in netstat -a. I think the
problem of
> > cannot shutdown Squid is only happen in case the problem happen (running
but
> > not serving). However, Squid 2.5S10 (without patches) can be shutted
down in
> > any condition.
>
> Ok, this puts things in a completely different picture.

Yes it is.

> The patch worked just fine, and prevented you from doing something stupid
> by giving you a error message.

OK I will use the patch and monitor the situation.

> What has most likely happened above is that there is a stale squid.pid
> file left over from before the reboot, and that the old pid registered in
> this file has been reused by some other system service when the system
> booted.
>
> What you should do to correct this problem is to make sure that any old
> pid files is automatically removed on reboot.
>
> If you instead use "squid -k shutdown" it's not Squid which is shut down
> but some other system service which happened to get the same pid as Squid
> had before the system was rebooted.
>
> You can verify if this is the case by when you see the problem instead of
> run "squid -k shutdown" look for the old pid in squid.pid and use ps to
> see what process is currently running under that pid. If I am correct you
> will find that it is not Squid but some other service.

The problem of "run but not serve" is intermittent and it is seldomly
happen. Thanks for your advise and I will do it.

Thx & Rgds,

Awie
Received on Sat Oct 01 2005 - 21:32:51 MDT