This is the mail archive of the
cygwin@sources.redhat.com
mailing list for the Cygwin project.
RE: getpwnam failed to find userid for effective user 'nobody'
- To: "Guy Worthington" <guyw at multiline dot com dot au>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: getpwnam failed to find userid for effective user 'nobody'
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 16:36:22 +1100
- Thread-Index: AcCSV73bksS1oMWGRoyw/tZglZu68gAAYNYA
- Thread-Topic: getpwnam failed to find userid for effective user 'nobody'
Hi Guy,
Squid is shipped with some defaults in squid.conf, that _will
not work_. There is no sensible default for those settings. The warnings
you are getting back are due to those settings not being set by you. See
http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-11.html#ss11.44 for the 'official
reference'.
You are identified - but because you are root, squid is trying to find
the user it should change to, and you haven't added nobody to your
/etc/passwd.
Also, www.squid-cache.org is a very good resource for squid, with full
online manual and a comprehensive FAQ.
Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Worthington [mailto:guyw@multiline.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, 9 February 2001 4:17 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: getpwnam failed to find userid for effective user 'nobody'
>
>
> I type in the console:
>
> squid -z
>
> and receive back the reply
>
> FATAL: getpwnam failed to find userid for effective user 'nobody'
>
> I'm logged in with administrators membership with environment
> variables:
>
> USER = guyw
> UID = 1000
> EUID = 1000
>
> and the listing from mkpasswd -l -g:
>
> guyw::1000:513:Guy
> Worthington,S-1-5-21-789336058-1580436667-1708537768-1000:/hom
> e/guyw:/bin/sh
>
> Can someone please help me identify myself?
>
>
> --
> Want to unsubscribe from this list?
> Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
>
>
--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple