Check the permission of the directory you are creating the cache under.
Irfan Akber
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> From: Sebastian Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: FATAL: cannot make swap directory
> Date: Saturday, December 19, 1998 9:39 PM
>
> Hi,
>
> please excuse this newbie question, but I found no answer in the FAQ
> nor the list archive.
>
> Every time I start squid as root by "squid -z" I get the following
> message:
>
> ...
> FATAL: Failed to make swap directory: /opt/squid/cache/00 (13)
> Permission denied.
> Squid cache (Version 1.NOVM.21): terminated abnormally.
> ...
>
> This happens manually as well as at boot time.
>
> When I create the swap directory manually the same message appears
> changed only by the directory, i.e. /opt/squid/cache/00/00, /01, /02 and
>
> so on ...
>
> I run SuSE Linux 5.3 on a standard desktop.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Sebastian
>
>
>