Squid question in FC3

[Paul Howarth]

Chris wrote:
> I am new to Fedora and this mail list. I just installed FC3 in my PC, and upgraded it
> online. When I tried to configure Squid, I found that I can only set the cache_dir to
> /var/spool/squid, otherwise, Squid won't work.
> 
> For example, if I set it to point to /tmp, when I run 'squid -z', nothing will happen;
> when I run 'squid', I will get some error messages as below:
> 
> FATAL:  Failed to verify one of the swap directories, Check cache.log
>         for details.  Run 'squid -z' to create swap directories
>         if needed, or if running Squid for the first time.
> Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE7): Terminated abnormally.
> 
> I am not sure if it is a problem of Squid, since I cannot find this issue in the bug list
> of Squid 2.5.STABLE7 at their site... I wonder if anyone here has had the same problem,
> and how to fix it.

Have a look in /var/log/messages

I suspect this will be an SElinux issue.

Paul.