On Friday 19 March 2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Henrik Nordstrom) wrote: >On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Niall O Broin wrote: > >> No, the file isn't missing, and squid IS starting (at least, there are >> one or two processes) but it seems the main process gets stuck somehow >> starting ncsa_auth, because I get no more messages in cache.log, and >> there are no ncsa_auth processes. But yet if I simply do > >Ok. This symptom I know. > >You have set up firewalling on the loopback device, preventing your server >from reaching itself over loopback. This will cause Squid to hang during >startup waiting for communication to open to the helper process... > >Check your firewall rules, and make sure the loopback device is not >firewalled.
Henrik you darling - I'm sure this is exactly what's wrong. There is a firewall on that box. I'll speak to the guy who manages the firewall later and hopefully that will sort us out. Kindest regards, Niall O Broin
