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| Option Name: | cache_effective_user |
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| Default Value: | cache_effective_user nobody |
| Suggested Config: |
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If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change to UID to nobody. If you define cache_effective_user, but not cache_effective_group, Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list from the from groups membership of cache_effective_user. |
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