Re: authentication in squid 2.x

On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Jim Chivas wrote:

> I received several suggestions on how to authenticate users. I have
> tried installing ncsa example but I do not get asked for a
> userid/password when I use the proxy. I have added the folloiwmng to
> my squid.conf file:
>
> authentication_program <path to ncsa program> <path to passwd file>
>
> acl auth proxy_auth REQUIRED
>
> proxy_auth_realm Internet Access
>
> Could it be that the following acl is somehow overriding auth by allowing
> access to the proxy for all my local ip ranges first.
>
> acl allowed_hosts src x.x.x.x

Are you actually using 'http_access' lines with your ACLs? By themselves
the ACLs are simply descriptions of potential rules - they have to be used
to take effect.

Try:

http_access allow auth
http_access deny

to test your authentication.

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