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Adam Carter wrote:

> I have setup squid to run on my RH 5.2 machine. I need to know how to
> set it up to run under a specific user context tho. ATM i start it in
> rc.local (is that bad?), well i attempt to start it in rc.local, it
> fails because it is not running as the correct user.
>
> Adam

Hi Adam,

To start squid or any other process as a different user use the su
command
in your rc.local script as follows:

    su - squid_user -c /usr/local/squid/bin/squid

or something similarn (where squid_user is the username you want to
run squid as). As the su command is being run as root, no password
will be asked for.

Acutally I have a script at /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid which starts it
automatically.
To have it start at runlevel 3 you must also create a link in the dir of
the rc3.d to
this script, mine's called S85squid .

ie: once /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid is in place, cd to /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and
type:

    ln -s ../init.d/squid S85squid

and this should run automatically on startup. This is a much neater way
of
doing it rather that shoving everything in rc.local, and also gives you
a way
of shutting squid down when changing run levels....

============== /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid =================

#!/bin/sh
#
# squid         This shell script takes care of starting and stopping
#               squid.
#
# description: squid provides caching http proxy server

# Source function library.
 /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# Source networking configuration.
 /etc/sysconfig/network

# Check that networking is up.
[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] && exit 0

[ -x /usr/local/squid/bin/squid ] || exit 0
[ -f /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf ] || exit 0

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
        # Start daemons.
        echo -n "Starting squid: "
        su - squid -c /usr/local/squid/bin/squid &
        echo "squid"
        ;;
  stop)
        # Stop daemons.
        echo -n "Shutting down squid: "
        kill `cat /usr/local/squid/logs/squid.pid`
        echo
        ;;
  restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
  status)
        status squid
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: squid {start|stop|restart|status}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0

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Hope it helps,
-sam-

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Adam Carter wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>I have setup squid to run on my RH 5.2 machine. I
need to know how to
<BR>set it up to run under a specific user context tho. ATM i start it
in
<BR>rc.local (is that bad?), well i attempt to start it in rc.local, it
<BR>fails because it is not running as the correct user.
<P>Adam</BLOCKQUOTE>
Hi Adam,
<P>To start squid or any other process as a different user use the su command
<BR>in your rc.local script as follows:
<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <TT>su - squid_user -c /usr/local/squid/bin/squid</TT>
<P>or something similarn (where squid_user is the username you want to
<BR>run squid as). As the su command is being run as root, no password
<BR>will be asked for.
<P>Acutally I have a script at /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid which starts it automatically.
<BR>To have it start at runlevel 3 you must also create a link in the dir
of the rc3.d to
<BR>this script, mine's called S85squid .
<P>ie: once /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid is in place, cd to /etc/rc.d/rc3.d and
type:
<P><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ln -s ../init.d/squid S85squid</TT>
<P>and this should run automatically on startup. This is a much neater
way of
<BR>doing it rather that shoving everything in rc.local, and also gives
you a way
<BR>of shutting squid down when changing run levels....
<P>============== /etc/rc.d/init.d/squid =================
<P><TT>#!/bin/sh</TT>
<BR><TT>#</TT>
<BR><TT># squid&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This shell
script takes care of starting and stopping</TT>
<BR><TT>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
squid.</TT>
<BR><TT>#</TT>
<BR><TT># description: squid provides caching http proxy server</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT># Source function library.</TT>
<BR><TT>. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT># Source networking configuration.</TT>
<BR><TT>. /etc/sysconfig/network</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT># Check that networking is up.</TT>
<BR><TT>[ ${NETWORKING} = "no" ] &amp;&amp; exit 0</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT>[ -x /usr/local/squid/bin/squid ] || exit 0</TT>
<BR><TT>[ -f /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf ] || exit 0</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT># See how we were called.</TT>
<BR><TT>case "$1" in</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp; start)</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; # Start daemons.</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; echo -n "Starting squid:
"</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; su - squid -c /usr/local/squid/bin/squid
&amp;</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; echo "squid"</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ;;</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp; stop)</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; # Stop daemons.</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; echo -n "Shutting down
squid: "</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; kill `cat /usr/local/squid/logs/squid.pid`</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; echo</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ;;</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp; restart)</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $0 stop</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $0 start</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ;;</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp; status)</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; status squid</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ;;</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp; *)</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; echo "Usage: squid {start|stop|restart|status}"</TT>
<BR><TT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; exit 1</TT>
<BR><TT>esac</TT><TT></TT>
<P><TT>exit 0</TT>
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<P>Hope it helps,
<BR>-sam-</HTML>

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