Re: NCSA auth question

Ed Lawson wrote:
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> Am I correct in assuming that the following will allow username authentication under 2.1?

Partially ;-)

> Compile and install squid 2.1 and NCSA auth without changes in the makefile,
> Make a passwd file in /usr/local/squid/etc with htpasswd,

So far so good.

> Add line about auth_program as documented in the config file.

And what did you write on that line?

It should read something like:
authenticate_program /usr/local/squid/bin/ncsa_auth
/usr/local/squid/etc/passwd

> Add the following:

> acl user_passwords proxy_auth /usr/local/squid.etc/passwd

NOT ok. This should read
acl user_passwords proxy_auth REQUIRED

> http_access allow user_passwords

Ok.
 

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Henrik Nordstrom
Spare time Squid hacker