squid.conf:
# TAG: cache_effective_user
# 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 squid. 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.
#
#Default:
cache_effective_user squid