A symbolic link is like a pointer to a file in another location. If you had a hard symbolic link to the access.log file it could have actually existed in /usr/local/squid/var and you could access it as if it was in /var/log. Deleting a hard link deletes the file from its true location.
See the man pages for ln for specifics on how it works. -- Anthony Boynes -----Original Message----- From: ads squid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:29 AM To: Anthony Boynes; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [squid-users] Error due to access.log I am not getting what do you mean by symbolic link. Thank for support --- Anthony Boynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Was it a symbolic link? > > -----Original Message----- > From: ads squid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [squid-users] Error due to access.log > > > Hi, > Following is error in /var/log/messages file > > Nov 26 20:11:22 xyz squid[20230]: Squid Parent: > child > process 20574 started > Nov 26 20:11:28 xyz (squid): Cannot open > '/usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log' for writing. ^IThe parent > directory must be writeable by the ^Iuser 'adssquid', which is > the > cache_effective_user ^Iset in squid.conf. > > By mistake I deleted /var/log/squid/access.log file. > Then recreated it in same directory and changed mode > of directory as required to by command "chmod 770 /var/log/squid/" > > I do not know how come it is asking for access.log > file in directory '/usr/local/squid/var/logs/'. > There no such directory. > > > Follwoing are cache log messages. > " > 2003/11/26 20:11:22| Adding nameserver 202.63.164.18 > from /etc/resolv.conf > FATAL: Cannot open > '/usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log' for writing. > The parent directory must be writeable by the > user 'adssquid', which is the > cache_effective_user > set in squid.conf. > Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE4): Terminated > abnormally. > CPU Usage: 0.006 seconds = 0.004 user + 0.002 sys > Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB > Page faults with physical i/o: 301 > " > I can not resolve this problem. > Help appreciated. > Thanks > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
