To use lightsquid (with non-chrooted apache, httpd -u), give the www user permissions to access squid logs; either like this, or some other way: # usermod -G _squid www Add the following lines to httpd.conf: AddHandler cgi-script .cgi AllowOverride All Then restart apache. If you have problems, ${INSTDIR}/check-setup.pl will check for a few common causes.