[SOLVED] question on squid config

struggled_newbie · 10-27-2010, 10:35 PM

Hello Linux Guru's
I have tried to Squid 3.1 install on CentOS 5.5, the ./configure , make , and make install seems okay. I've only change some minimal configuration on http_port and visble_hostname.

I'm just confused on what I've read on some article, why should I change the directory attributes of /usr/local/squid/var by invoking this command: chown -R user1 /usr/local/squid/var.

cheesewizz · 10-27-2010, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by struggled_newbie

Hello Linux Guru's
I have tried to Squid 3.1 install on CentOS 5.5, the ./configure , make , and make install seems okay. I've only change some minimal configuration on http_port and visble_hostname.

I'm just confused on what I've read on some article, why should I change the directory attributes of /usr/local/squid/var by invoking this command: chown -R user1 /usr/local/squid/var.

all contents from ../squid/var will be owned by your user1 in order to squid can read or write...

But if you use root all priviledges will be granted

Please check the owner of your squid

Hope this can help for you

struggled_newbie · 10-27-2010, 11:54 PM

ahh, so that's why it is, I've already invoked the chown -R user1 to the directory, is there any way that I can I change it back to default aor make the root the owner of the directory? thank you for the reply

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheesewizz

all contents from ../squid/var will be owned by your user1 in order to squid can read or write...

But if you use root all priviledges will be granted

Please check the owner of your squid

Hope this can help for you

cheesewizz · 10-28-2010, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by struggled_newbie

ahh, so that's why it is, I've already invoked the chown -R user1 to the directory, is there any way that I can I change it back to default aor make the root the owner of the directory? thank you for the reply

Yes you can return it back to root owner

by doing this

chown -R root:root [Location_path] = /usr/local/squid/var

to check the owner

command: ls or ls -l

Thanks

struggled_newbie · 10-28-2010, 01:02 AM

Thank you

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheesewizz

Yes you can return it back to root owner

by doing this

chown -R root:root [Location_path] = /usr/local/squid/var

to check the owner

command: ls or ls -l

Thanks