TAG NAME cache_effective_user, cache_effective_group

Description The user name and group name Squid will operate as
Build Option
 Default
Usage
 cache_effective_user  username
cache_effective_group groupname
Default
 cache_effective_user nobody
cache_effective_group nogroup
Synopsis

Squid is designed to start as root but very soon after drop to the user/group specified here. This allows you to restrict, for security reasons, the permissions that Squid will have when operating. By default, Squid will operate as either nobody user and the nogroup group.


Note: If these tags are not configured properly, then Squid will have problems while starting.

Arguments

username
 Username for Squid process
groupname
 Group name for Squid process

Example(s)
cache_effective_user Squid
cache_effective_group Squid