SquidGuard Blacklist DB creation Loop

cwagz

Squid2 is years old already. You should be using squid3. What happens if you shell in and run

squidGuard -b -C all

I am seeing the same thing on my setup. I am using squid 3. Enabling the blacklist in squidguard causes it to keep loading the database and no traffic gets through. When I run the command you gave I get:

2015-07-18 00:13:32 [5241] /usr/local/bin/squidGuard: can't write to logfile /var/log/squidGuard/squidGuard.log
2015-07-18 00:13:32 [5241] /usr/local/bin/squidGuard: can't open configfile all
2015-07-18 00:13:32 [5241] Going into emergency mode

Is there an easy way to fix this?

Thanks,
Chad

cwagz

I tried fixing permissions to eliminate the errors. I had to make the /var/log/squidGuard folder.


mkdir /var/log/squidGuard
chmod -R 755 /var/db/squidGuard
chmod -R 755 /var/log/squidGuard
chown -R proxy:proxy /var/db/squidGuard
chown -R proxy:proxy /var/log/squidGuard

After this there was no output from

squidGuard -b -C all

I tried re-enabling the blacklist but squidGuard keeps doing the db rebuild and will not allow traffic:

18.07.2015 09:01:02 squidGuard stopped (1437235262.067)
18.07.2015 09:01:02 db update done
18.07.2015 09:01:02 squidGuard 1.4 started (1437235262.032)
18.07.2015 08:57:11 squidGuard stopped (1437235031.849)
18.07.2015 08:57:11 db update done
18.07.2015 08:57:11 squidGuard 1.4 started (1437235029.203)
18.07.2015 08:56:45 squidGuard stopped (1437235005.973)
18.07.2015 08:56:45 db update done
18.07.2015 08:56:45 squidGuard 1.4 started (1437235005.950)
18.07.2015 08:56:38 squidGuard stopped (1437234998.520)
18.07.2015 08:56:26 squidGuard stopped (1437234986.272)
18.07.2015 08:56:26 db update done

Any ideas on where to go from here?

Thanks,
Chad

KOM

Uninstall/reinstall of squidGuard, or a config.xml backup and then complete reload. Something weird is going on.

cwagz

@KOM:

Uninstall/reinstall of squidGuard, or a config.xml backup and then complete reload. Something weird is going on.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling squidguard with no luck. I will try a rebuild now. Could this have something to do with HYPER-V?

KOM

I doubt it. Hypervisor issues are almost always related to hardware. Why did you have to create the log dir? SquidGuard logs are normally in /var/squidGuard/log/squidGuard.log.

cwagz

@KOM:

Why did you have to create the log dir? SquidGuard logs are normally in /var/squidGuard/log/squidGuard.log.

I made the directory since that is where the output from squidGuard -b -C all was looking for it.

2015-07-18 00:13:32 [5241] /usr/local/bin/squidGuard: can't write to logfile /var/log/squidGuard/squidGuard.log
2015-07-18 00:13:32 [5241] /usr/local/bin/squidGuard: can't open configfile all
2015-07-18 00:13:32 [5241] Going into emergency mode

KOM

Weird. I also notice you're running squid 2. It shouldn't affect your problem, but I would recommend running squid3. 2 is ancient and doesn't support a lot of the newer directives and web tech.

cwagz

I installed squid 3. I have not used squid 2 in a long time.

It was the OP that was running squid 2. Seems like we both had the same problem with squidGuard though. I will post back after trying a clean install.

vallum

I had to uninstall SquidGuard , because it is production environment and can not do testing .
is there any way to achieve content and url blocking, without squidgurad .
I'm not using squid 3 , becuase it makes my cpu usage 99% (16 Gb ram , 8 cores , Intel Xeon)

KOM

is there any way to achieve content and url blocking, without squidgurad

You could try DansGuardian or E2Guardian.

vallum

@KOM:

is there any way to achieve content and url blocking, without squidgurad

You could try DansGuardian or E2Guardian.

Ok Sir , I'll try to test the mentioned packages and update you .
Right now i have done blocking on squid level itself for you-tube etc .

vallum

@KOM:

Squid2 is years old already. You should be using squid3.

I have installed Squid 3.4 , and running in Transparent Mode, I 'm able to see the SSL intercept option in GUI .
Can you please put some light on this feature (is there any change required on LAN PC's in terms of certificate import etc )

KOM

Please don't hijack an unrelated thread. Post your problem in its own thread and I;ll be happy to help.

vallum

@KOM:

Please don't hijack an unrelated thread. Post your problem in its own thread and I;ll be happy to help.

Thanks , I'm going to start new thread :)