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    Squid3 transparent proxy - icmp_sock: (1) Operation not permitted

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      notaduck
      last edited by

      Hey. i have installed Squid3 and made it caching my lan interface with transparent proxy, but i am getting this error log and can't figure out what i haveto correct to make it work. I m still pretty new in the pfsense world ;)

      but the cache folders are up and the logs are working. i am only having an ipv4 connection so it make good sense that it can't connect to ICMPv6

      | 2015/03/13 19:09:15 kid1| Starting Squid Cache version 3.4.10 for amd64-portbld-freebsd10.1…
      2015/03/13 19:09:16| pinger: Initialising ICMP pinger ...
      2015/03/13 19:09:16|  icmp_sock: (1) Operation not permitted
      2015/03/13 19:09:16| pinger: Unable to start ICMP pinger.
      2015/03/13 19:09:16|  icmp_sock: (1) Operation not permitted
      2015/03/13 19:09:16| pinger: Unable to start ICMPv6 pinger.
      2015/03/13 19:09:16| FATAL: pinger: Unable to open any ICMP sockets. |

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        Brak
        last edited by

        I have similar issues. Perhaps mine is related in some way?

        2015/03/14 13:09:15| FATAL: pinger: Unable to open any ICMP sockets.
2015/03/14 13:19:32 kid1| Could not parse headers from on disk object
2015/03/14 14:09:47 kid1| Select loop Error. Retry 1
2015/03/14 15:01:11 kid1| Starting Squid Cache version 3.4.10 for amd64-portbld-freebsd10.1...
2015/03/14 15:01:12| pinger: Initialising ICMP pinger ...
2015/03/14 15:01:12|  icmp_sock: (1) Operation not permitted
2015/03/14 15:01:12| pinger: Unable to start ICMP pinger.
2015/03/14 15:01:12|  icmp_sock: (1) Operation not permitted
2015/03/14 15:01:12| pinger: Unable to start ICMPv6 pinger.
2015/03/14 15:01:12| FATAL: pinger: Unable to open any ICMP sockets.

        At 15:01:08, squid had an outage lasting a few seconds:

        Mar 14 15:01:08	squid[11844]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process 26006 exited due to signal 4 with status 0
Mar 14 15:01:11	squid[11844]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process 3335 started

        I disabled access.log logging to see if it was a log file issue, but that doesn't seem to be the case…

        This cache server is under decent load, it's doing 25 requests per second and 7 cache hits per second even during slow times.

        Perhaps we are exhausting sockets?

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          notaduck
          last edited by

          @Brak:

          I have similar issues. Perhaps mine is related in some way?

          2015/03/14 13:09:15| FATAL: pinger: Unable to open any ICMP sockets.
2015/03/14 13:19:32 kid1| Could not parse headers from on disk object
2015/03/14 14:09:47 kid1| Select loop Error. Retry 1
2015/03/14 15:01:11 kid1| Starting Squid Cache version 3.4.10 for amd64-portbld-freebsd10.1...
2015/03/14 15:01:12| pinger: Initialising ICMP pinger ...
2015/03/14 15:01:12|  icmp_sock: (1) Operation not permitted
2015/03/14 15:01:12| pinger: Unable to start ICMP pinger.
2015/03/14 15:01:12|  icmp_sock: (1) Operation not permitted
2015/03/14 15:01:12| pinger: Unable to start ICMPv6 pinger.
2015/03/14 15:01:12| FATAL: pinger: Unable to open any ICMP sockets.

          At 15:01:08, squid had an outage lasting a few seconds:

          Mar 14 15:01:08	squid[11844]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process 26006 exited due to signal 4 with status 0
Mar 14 15:01:11	squid[11844]: Squid Parent: (squid-1) process 3335 started

          I disabled access.log logging to see if it was a log file issue, but that doesn't seem to be the case…

          This cache server is under decent load, it's doing 25 requests per second and 7 cache hits per second even during slow times.

          Perhaps we are exhausting sockets?

          I must admit i don't know if it is realted but i have my doubts, but if you can tell/guide me then i can tell you my cache load so we can see if it is the same

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            Wordo
            last edited by

            This has something to do with AV scanning / c-icap.

            If you disable AV scanning the error is gone.

            I'm investigating on it …

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              Wordo
              last edited by

              In Proxy General Config check "Disable ICMP", then enable AV scanning, go to Services and restart c-icap.

              Then my setup with transparent AV scanning works.

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                compdoc
                last edited by

                today, I installed 2.2.2 to a hard drive from the .iso, and then restored a backup from 2.1.5. I was getting the same 'Operation not permitted' and 'Unable to start ICMP pinger.' errors in the logs.

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                  Wordo
                  last edited by

                  Because "Disable Ping" wasn't available in 2.1?

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