I am trying to setup squid as a transparent proxy server / accelerator and instead of using the default /var/spool/squid I'd like to use /tmp/spool/squid. I'd like to use this drive as I have a lot more frees space. When I set the cache_dir in the squid.conf file then issue "squid -z" there is this error in the log file: 2005/04/23 23:16:06| /tmp/spool/squid: (13) Permission denied 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.STABLE9): Terminated abnormally. I tried creating the directories and setting the same permissions and owners as is visible from checking the file properties with nautilus always with the same error. I think that I am missing something simple but cannot think of what it is? What could be happening when squid tries to create the directory and can't? Why can't I create the directory with what I think are the proper permissions? how the ___ can I do this?!
