>Are you also starting the squid with the other configuration file?
>(squid -f  [configile])
The init.d script for squid2 is pasted below:
******************Start of script***************************************
#! /bin/sh
#
# squid         Startup script for the SQUID HTTP proxy-cache.
#
# Version:      @(#)squid.rc  2.20  01-Oct-2001  miquels@cistron.nl
#
NAME=squid2
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/squid
LIB=/usr/lib/squid
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SQUID_ARGS="-D -sYC -f /etc/squid2.conf"
[ ! -f /etc/default/squid2 ] || . /etc/default/squid2
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
[ -x $DAEMON ] || exit 0
grepconf2 () {
        w="     " # space tab
        sq=/etc/$NAME.conf
        # sed is cool.
        res=`sed -ne '
                
s/^'$1'['"$w"']\+[^'"$w"']\+['"$w"']\+\([^'"$w"']\+\).*$/\1/p;
                t end;
                d;
                :end q' < $sq`
        [ -n "$res" ] || res=$2
        echo "$res"
}
#
#       Try to increase the # of filedescriptors we can open.
#
maxfds () {
        [ -n "$SQUID_MAXFD" ] || return
        [ -f /proc/sys/fs/file-max ] || return 0
        [ $SQUID_MAXFD -le 4096 ] || SQUID_MAXFD=4096
        global_file_max=`cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max`
        minimal_file_max=$(($SQUID_MAXFD + 4096))
        if [ "$global_file_max" -lt $minimal_file_max ]
        then
                echo $minimal_file_max > /proc/sys/fs/file-max
        fi
        ulimit -n $SQUID_MAXFD
}
start () {
        cdr=`grepconf2 cache_dir /var/spool/squid/$NAME`
        case "$cdr" in
                [0-9]*)
                        echo "squid: squid2.conf contains 2.2.5 syntax - not 
starting!" >&2
                        exit 1
                        ;;
        esac
        maxfds
        umask 027
        cd $cdr
        start-stop-daemon --quiet --start \
                --pidfile $PIDFILE \
                --exec $DAEMON -- $SQUID_ARGS < /dev/null
        sleep 1
}
stop () {
        PID=`cat $PIDFILE 2>/dev/null`
        start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE --exec $DAEMON
        #
        #       Now we have to wait until squid has _really_ stopped.
        #
        sleep 2
        if test -n "$PID" && kill -0 $PID 2>/dev/null
        then
                echo -n "Waiting ."
                cnt=0
                while kill -0 $PID 2>/dev/null
                do
                        cnt=`expr $cnt + 1`
                        if [ $cnt -gt 60 ]
                        then
                                #
                                #       Waited 120 seconds now. Fail.
                                #
                                echo -n " Failed.. "
                                break
                        fi
                        sleep 2
                        echo -n "."
                done
                [ "$1" = verbose ] && echo "done."
        else
                [ "$1" = verbose ] && echo "$NAME."
        fi
}
case "$1" in
    start)
        echo -n "Starting proxy server: "
        start
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
    stop)
        echo -n "Stopping proxy server: "
        stop verbose
        ;;
    reload|force-reload)
        echo "Reloading $NAME configuration files"
        start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 \
                --pidfile $PIDFILE --quiet --exec $DAEMON
        ;;
    restart)
        echo "Restarting proxy server: "
        stop
        start
        echo "$NAME."
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME 
{start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart}"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac
exit 0
***********************End of 
Script************************************************
it makes no difference to the error message by adding or removing the '-f 
/etc/squid2.conf' to the parameters at the top of the script.
Thanks again for further help,
Regards,
nry
>
>Chris Wilcox wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>As far as I can tell, I have followed everything I'm supposed to have to 
>>make this work.  I wish to run two instances of Squid on the same machine: 
>>Squid/2.4.STABLE6 on Debian Woody stable.
>>
>>I have squid.conf and squid2.conf with the relevant settings altered.
>>
>>Squid.conf listens on port 3128 on the external IP.  I have not altered 
>>the PID file path for this one.
>>Squid2.conf listens on port 8085 on 127.0.0.1  I have altered the PID file 
>>path to be /var/run/squid2.pid  I have created a different cache directory 
>>etc, and specified these within the squid2.conf file, along with checkong 
>>relevant permissions on these directories.
>>
>>I have then copied the squid init.d script and called this squid2.  I have 
>>altered squid2 to have a different name string, and altered all relevant 
>>entries within this script to point to the squid2 details eg cache 
>>directory etc.  This squid2 script is set to use 'squid2.pid' as I've 
>>specified in squid2.conf
>>
>>Yet still, when I do 'squid2 start' it always returns 'Squid is already 
>>running!  Process ID 213'
>>
>>I'm now lost.  Am I missing something really obvious here?  I've been 
>>trying to get this going for a good few weeks now!
>>
>>Major thanks for any advice and suggestions!
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>nry
>>
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