<![CDATA[Squid failing to start]]>I see the following errors in my log after trying to start the squid service under Status: Services.  Ive uninstalled/reinstalled the package numerous times.  Any ideas?

Mar 25 14:17:32 php: : SQUID is installed but failed to start. Not installing redirector rule.
Mar 25 14:16:48 kernel: pid 54666 (squid), uid 0: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Mar 25 14:16:48 squid: getgrnam failed to find groupid for effective group 'squid'
Mar 25 14:16:48 kernel: pid 54656 (squid), uid 0: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Mar 25 14:16:48 kernel: pid 54655 (squid), uid 0: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Mar 25 14:16:47 squid: getgrnam failed to find groupid for effective group 'squid'
Mar 25 14:16:47 squid: getgrnam failed to find groupid for effective group 'squid'
Mar 25 14:16:47 kernel: pid 54645 (squid), uid 0: exited on signal 6 (core dumped)
Mar 25 14:16:47 squid: getgrnam failed to find groupid for effective group 'squid'

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/838/squid-failing-to-startRSS for NodeFri, 16 Oct 2026 17:58:04 GMTSat, 25 Mar 2006 22:20:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Squid failing to start on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:07:40 GMT]]>Its broken. When time permits I'll probably take a look at it to see if I can sort that out, provided no-one is already working on it.
I'd get a chance to try out Scott's flashy CoreGUI.  ;D

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/135515https://forum.netgate.com/post/135515Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:07:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid failing to start on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:56:15 GMT]]>Just curious, does your Squid stats work?  When I click on the link it seems to be broken.  I get a 404 - Not Found

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/135514https://forum.netgate.com/post/135514Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:56:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid failing to start on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:53:48 GMT]]>excellent, that fixed it.  reinstalled squid and the service is running.  thx for your help.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/135513https://forum.netgate.com/post/135513Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:53:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid failing to start on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:49:18 GMT]]>its safe to remove both.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/135512https://forum.netgate.com/post/135512Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:49:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid failing to start on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:48:40 GMT]]>pkg_delete squid-2.5.12_4

pkg_delete: file '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/squid.sh' doesn't exist
pkg_delete: unable to completely remove directory '/usr/local/etc/squid'
pkg_delete: couldn't entirely delete package (perhaps the packing list is
incorrectly specified?)
===> post-deinstallation information for squid-2.5.12_4

Note:
    squid related user accounts and groups were not removed.

To remove the 'squid' user and the 'squid' group which were
    created by a default installation of this package, run

pw userdel -r -n squid -u 100

To ease updates, the cache and log directories and
    all configuration files modified by you were preserved.

Please remove them manually if you do not want to use
    squid any longer.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/135511https://forum.netgate.com/post/135511Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:48:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid failing to start on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:49:44 GMT]]>It appears I have 2 listed on my system, or is the last entry just an update?

squid-2.5.12        The successful WWW proxy cache and accelerator
squid-2.5.12_4      The successful WWW proxy cache and accelerator

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/135510https://forum.netgate.com/post/135510Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:49:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid failing to start on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:40:34 GMT]]>use pkg_info to get the name of the squid port.
on mine its squid-2.5.12_4.

then pkg_delete squid-2.5.12_4.

Its appears your squid group is gone. reinstalling the squid port via the package system should fix that, thats if you don't want to go through the process of creating the group and adding squid user to it.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/135509https://forum.netgate.com/post/135509Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:40:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid failing to start on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:27:10 GMT]]>cat /etc/group | grep squid

After getting done uninstalling squid through the package system in the gui, I ran the following:

pkg_delete squid

pkg_delete: no such package 'squid' installed

It seems that it uninstalled cleanly?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/135508https://forum.netgate.com/post/135508Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:27:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Squid failing to start on Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:51:36 GMT]]>cat /etc/group | grep squid

To see if your squid group still exist. If its missing you'll need to recreate it. I had the same problem once but unfortunately
recreating the group didn't solve it. I had to:

1. uninstall squid from the package system.
2. pkg_delete squid port.
3. reinstall squid from package system.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/135502https://forum.netgate.com/post/135502Sat, 25 Mar 2006 22:51:36 GMT