RE: [squid-users] Squid -k reconfigure from Web form

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> I'd like to run squid -k reconfigure from Web form. I know it=20
> sounds like a
> crazy idea, but that's what I like to do. The idea is make a=20
> sevice that
> gives a teacher an easy way to restrain class from Internet.=20
> The other part
> of program works but managing Squid isn't.=20
> I have perl script which works fine when run from shell, but=20
> not when run
> with Apache. I wonder if it's possible at all?
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> system("/usr/local/squid/sbin/squid -k reconfigure") causes:
> squid: ERROR: Could not send signal 1 to process 3646: (1)=20
> Operation not
> permitted
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Probably, the intended program must run under the same uid as the
user squid is being configured to run under in squid.conf or else
the application must run as root.

M.