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    • S Offline
      Smithes
      last edited by

      Same problem here. I have installed pfsense new and the proble is every time the same. Version 2.1.5 an 2.2.

      best regards

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        Visseroth
        last edited by

        make sure you've created the squid directories. Get to the command prompt (Shell) of your pfsense box and type "squid -z"
        Let it create your directories and then try starting the services again.

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          Moccasin
          last edited by

          I found the 'squid -z' suggestion was not helpful and made my problem worse. Do not type "squid -z" at the command line.  I still can not get squid or squid guard to start after a reboot. I am using the latest versions of pfsense 2.2.1 and squid 2.7.9 pkg v.4.3.6 and squid guard 1.4_7 pkg v.1.9.10.

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            packets
            last edited by

            Has anyone found a solution on this? My squidguard stops from working after upgrading to 2.2.

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              KOM
              last edited by

              squid[65087]: Cannot open '/root/access.log' for writing. The parent directory must be writeable by the user 'proxy', which is the cache_effective_user set in squid.conf.

              Squid's access.log should be in /var/squid/logs, not /root.  What do you have in your Squid settings under Services - Proxy server - Logging Settings - Log store directory?

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                skyrice
                last edited by

                Same problem here. Wasn't working before I updated to 2.2.1, still not working now.
                squid 2.7.9 pkg 4.3.6
                squidguard 1.4_7 pkg 1.9.12

                Have tried reinstalling both. same result. I have the following errors in log files.

                php-fpm[246]: /rc.start_packages: The command '/usr/pbi/squid-i386/sbin/squid -D' returned exit code '1', the output was 'FATAL: Bungled squid.conf line 75: url_rewrite_program /usr/pbi/squidguard-i386/bin/squidGuard -c /usr/pbi/squidguard-i386/etc/squidGuard/squidGuard.conf Squid Cache (Version 2.7.STABLE9): Terminated abnormally.

                squid[68340]: Bungled squid.conf line 75: url_rewrite_program /usr/pbi/squidguard-i386/bin/squidGuard -c /usr/pbi/squidguard-i386/etc/squidGuard/squidGuard.conf

                EDIT: forgot to mention.. I inherited this setup and my pfsense foo isn't overly strong.
                I did find the following in the custom options field in the GUI.
                seems the error is referencing that but not sure what about it is the problem.

                redirect_children 3;redirect_program /usr/pbi/squidguard-i386/bin/squidGuard -c /usr/pbi/squidguard-i386/etc/squidGuard/squidGuard.conf;redirector_bypass off;url_rewrite_program /usr/pbi/squidguard-i386/bin/squidGuard -c /usr/pbi/squidguard-i386/etc/squidGuard/squidGuard.conf;url_rewrite_bypass off;url_rewrite_children 16 startup=8 idle=4 concurrency=0

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                  KOM
                  last edited by

                  Don't waste your time on Squid2.  Use Squid3.

                  I've never seen a 'bungled' conf error before.

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                    ncolunga
                    last edited by

                    This is happening because squidguard on pfsense is adding redirect_program and  url_rewrite_program params. The second one is fine for squid3 but it's not working with squid2.
                    Deleting url_rewrite directives from proxy Custom Options solves the problem untill next reboot. You can edit squidguard_configurator.inc on /usr/local/pkg to avoid this.

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                      KOM
                      last edited by

                      Well there you go.  I don't use squid2.

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                        ntct
                        last edited by

                        SquidGuard 1.4_7 pkg v.1.9.14 + Squid 2.7.9 or Squid 3.4.10

                        After reboot box, Squid and SquidGuard not starting….

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                          darrenkdean
                          last edited by

                          @ntct:

                          SquidGuard 1.4_7 pkg v.1.9.14 + Squid 2.7.9 or Squid 3.4.10

                          After reboot box, Squid and SquidGuard not starting….

                          Good Evening,

                          I experienced this same issue & researched it for a couple of months.  I am currently running the current Squid3 with SquidGuard.  Each time pfSense reboots, you must go into the Proxy Filter & re-download the blacklist.  After the blacklist downloads, both Squid3 & SquidGuard will automatically come back to life.  I have no idea why this is occurring or why this works, but it seems to do the trick.

                          Best-

                          Darren

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                            agixdota
                            last edited by

                            me too squidguard with squid 3.4 cant start :'(

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                              ntct
                              last edited by

                              I found that If i add a whitelist in target categories and set it allow or white

                              Reboot pfsense, Squid and SquidGuard  starting….

                              It's strange

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                                Brazen
                                last edited by

                                Yep, I had the same problem.  You just need to create at least one entry under the Target Categories tab and then both services will start.

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                                  ofacesig
                                  last edited by

                                  ^This is working for me, for now.

                                  pfsense P4 3.0GHz | Generic Dell Desktop | 1GB DDR2 | 40GB HDD | 2 x HP NC112T PCI-E server NICs | picoPSU-160-XT + 160w external PS | pfsense 2.2.1 i386
                                  FreeNAS : Athlon 64 3000+ (socket 754 yeah buddy!) | ASUS K8V-MX | 1GB DDR | 2 x 2TB Hitachi Deskstars 7200RPM RAID1 | TP-Link 1Gbps NIC | FreeNAS 0.7.1 i386

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                                    glennmckenna
                                    last edited by

                                    i thinj hat i might have the same problem as this
                                    https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=92545.0

                                    what is this whtelist solution may i ask could i have some more info please ?

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                                      ntct
                                      last edited by

                                      please follow the below

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                                        glennmckenna
                                        last edited by

                                        great news that seems to of fixed it :D

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                                          agixdota
                                          last edited by

                                          thanks sir its work :D

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