Re: [squid-users] Cache_effective_user issue

From: Matthew Morgan <atcs.matthew_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:37:36 -0400

GIGO . wrote:
> I installed ubuntu server as "u-admin" account. I have set the directive: cache_effective_user to "squidadmin". However my squid process keep on running as b-admin account. And my cache_effective user never comes into play.
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> As per a guide which described that squid will only shift to the defined user if it is run as root but i am unable to start it as root. I logged in as root by sudo -s (running it as root) and tried to start the squid but the permissions were denied. For the same reason i guess my startup scripts kept on failing.
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> I have created the squidadmin account as nologin noshell for security purposes and feel tht squid process should be run with this account. Please guide am i thinking right?
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> please help me out.
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> regards,
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Two questions:

Did you install squid via apt, or did you compile from source?

Can you paste your squidamdin line from /etc/passwd?
Received on Thu Mar 18 2010 - 15:37:49 MDT

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