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Description of problem:
Installed squid. Configured squid to use separate cache and log disk
partitions - that is, I set the 'cache_dir' and 'cache_log' options.
Starting squid fails because the disk partitions are mounted as root -
they need to be owned by the user 'squid'.

I have modifed /etc/init.d/squid to fix this. At line 49 put:

49:  [ -z "$CACHE_SWAP" ] && CACHE_SWAP=/var/spool/squid
50:
51:  # determine which one is the cache_log directory
52:  CACHE_LOG=`sed -e 's/#.*//g' /etc/squid/squid.conf | \
53:          grep cache_log |  awk '{ print $2 }'`
54:  [ -z "$CACHE_LOG" ] && CACHE_LOG=/var/log/squid/xx
55:  CACHE_LOG=`dirname $CACHE_LOG`

Then further down simply change the script to:

  start() {
      for adir in $CACHE_LOG; do
          chown squid:squid $adir
          chmod 0770 $adir
      done

      for adir in $CACHE_SWAP; do
          chown squid:squid $adir
          chmod 0770 $adir

This now takes care of the permissions for any cache_dir or cache_log
entries. CACHE_LOG could be expanded to include some of the other
squid 'log' directives - such as, cache_store_log.


John.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
squid-2.5.STABLE5-4.fc2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install squid and configure the cache_dir/cache_log options to use
specific disk partitions.
2. Make the disk partitions and create the mount points. Modify
/etc/fstab to mount the partitions.
3. Reboot the system and start up squid.
    

Actual Results:  Squid start up fails because the disk partitions are
mounted as root. Squid gives 'permission denied' errors (in cache_log
and access_log).

Expected Results:  Squid should start up and set the disk partitions
onwer and group id's as well as the mode.

Additional info: