Topic: Squid Error

[Abe Loveless]

I get the following errors when restarting Squid.

[root@SME-Mail2 root]# service squid restart
Stopping squid: /etc/init.d/squid: line 2:  1961 Aborted                 $SQUID -k check >/dev/null 2>&1
                                                           [ FAILED ]
Starting squid: /etc/init.d/squid: line 10:  1962 Aborted                 $SQUID $SQUID_OPTS 2>/dev/null
                                                           [   OK   ]
[root@SME-Mail2 root]#


Any ideas??  Where can I check to see what it's looking for?  The "messages" log says:

Jul 17 15:20:37 SME-Mail2 squid: getgrnam failed to find groupid for effective group 'squid'


Details:  It was working fine, until I started adding users.  I'm using a batch user install found at http://www.tech-geeks.org/contrib/loveless/batch_users/abl-batch_users-0.4.tar.gz.  I ran a batch of 200, then a batch of 400.  I found the problem after the 2nd batch of 400 users.  This is the 2nd time I have attempted this and experienced the same result.


My machine:
PII 400, Software RAID 1.
SME 5.5

Modifications:
rav, ezmlm-web


Thanks for any ideas,
Abe

[Nathan Fowler]

It looks like you may have deleted the squid user account.  Look in /etc/passwd for the username "squid", if it's missing you've hosed the account.

If that is the case let me know and we'll work on getting the account re-added.

Nathan

[Abe Loveless]

/etc/passwd has:
squid:x:23:23::/var/spool/squid:/dev/null

/etc/group does not have a squid entry.  I have a different SME  server (5.1.2) that does have a squid entry of squid:x:23:

Surely the problem isn't as simple as adding this entry, is it??

[Nathan Fowler]

I bet so

[root@inet01 /root]# groups squid
squid : squid

[root@inet01 /root]# usermod -g squid squid
[root@inet01 /root]# groups squid
squid : squid

[Abe Loveless]

That seems to have taken care of it.

I edited /etc/group.  Followed the numerical order and inserted the line "squid:x:23:x in between the "games" and the "mysql" group.

Then went back and ran "service squid restart".  

I got:
Stop: Failed (I assume because it wasn't running)
Start: OK

Ran it again:
Stop: OK
Start: OK

Thanks for your help, Nathan.  (Again)  

[Nathan Fowler]

Anytime, glad it worked out for you

Nathan

[Abe Loveless]

Just to double-check, I did issue your commands and got the same results.