Re: [squid-users] Re: yet another squid_ldap_auth question when connecting to AD

Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Oliver Hookins wrote:
>
>> I'd gladly submit a patch for squid_ldap_auth.8 (and probably
>> squid_ldap_group while I'm at it) but I can't find any good (read:
>> understandable) resources for editing man pages. Suggestions?
>
>
> A good start is to use copy-paste from the existing text. The man syntax
> is a fairly simple text format.
>
> If you want to read more about the syntax then start by the
> documentation included with your os. See "man 7 man"
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>

OK here they are, both squid_ldap_auth.8 and squid_ldap_group.8. I
haven't ever submitted a patch before so hopefully I got the diff
options right.

Cheers,
Oliver

--- squid_ldap_auth.8.orig 2004-07-18 01:00:12.000000000 +1000
+++ squid_ldap_auth.8 2005-01-13 13:31:47.000000000 +1100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH squid_ldap_auth 8 "17 July 2004" "Squid LDAP Auth"
+.TH squid_ldap_auth 8 "13 January 2005" "Squid LDAP Auth"
 .
 .SH NAME
 squid_ldap_auth - Squid LDAP authentication helper
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ squid_ldap_auth - Squid LDAP authenticat
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This helper allows Squid to connect to a LDAP directory to
 validate the user name and password of Basic HTTP authentication.
+LDAP options are specified as parameters on the command line,
+while the username(s) and password(s) to be checked against the
+LDAP directory are specified on subsequent lines of input to the
+helper, one username/password pair per line separated by a space.
 .P
 The program has two major modes of operation. In the default mode
 of operation the users DN is constructed using the base DN and

--- squid_ldap_group.8.orig 2004-07-18 01:00:12.000000000 +1000
+++ squid_ldap_group.8 2005-01-13 13:27:55.000000000 +1100
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH squid_ldap_group 8 "17 July 2004" "Squid LDAP Group"
+.TH squid_ldap_group 8 "13 January 2005" "Squid LDAP Group"
 .
 .SH NAME
 squid_ldap_group - Squid LDAP external acl group helper
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ squid_ldap_group -b "base DN" -f "LDAP s
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This helper allows Squid to connect to a LDAP directory to
 authorize users via LDAP groups.
+LDAP options are specified as parameters on the command line,
+while the username(s) and group(s) to be checked against the
+LDAP directory are specified on subsequent lines of input to the
+helper, one username/password pair per line separated by a space.
 .P
 The program operates by searching with a search filter based
 on the users user name and requested group, and if a match
Received on Wed Jan 12 2005 - 19:34:21 MST