[squid-users] NTLM auth syntax on squid-2.6.STABLE4

Hi,
I'm trying to get squid (ver 2.6.STABLE4) setup on a RHEL4 environment.
I'm trying to get the squid setup to act as a transparent proxy, using
NTLM to log active-directory usernames. When I initalise the squid
cache (/usr/sbin/squid -z) everything works ok, but when I get to
starting up the squid program (/usr/sbin/squid) I'm getting a number
of warnings about the basicauthenticator helper..

(squid): The basicauthenticator helpers are crashing too rapidly, need help!
squid[7978]: Squid Parent: child process 8112 exited due to signal 6
squid[7978]: Exiting due to repeated, frequent failures

my first thought was to check the cache.log and got the following:

helperStatefulOpenServers: Starting 15 'ntlm_auth' processes
helperOpenServers: Starting 15 'ntlm_auth' processes
Usage: (ntlm_auth) [OPTION...]

which indicates that I've got my squid conf wrong...my squid.conf
looks like this

auth_param ntlm program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-ntlmssp
auth_param ntlm children 15
auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
auth_param basic program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth
auth_param basic children 15
auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
auth_param basic casesensitive off

the problem I believe is down to the syntax of my ntlm_auth command.
I tried testing the ntlm_auth program directly (/usr/bin/ntlm_auth) to
see if I could find the problem.. I get the following back:
./ntlm_auth --helper-protocol
username must be specified!

I'm not sure what information I have to pass into the "./ntlm_auth
--helper-protocol..." line.
My thoughts were that "--helper-protocol=squid-2.5-ntlmssp" bit is
wrong, but I'm not sure what to put in... any assistance would be
gratefully appreciated.

I have the samba side working ok, I have no problems in getting the
groups or user information from AD using "wbinfo" calls..

thanks in advance

PD

./ntlm_auth --helper-protocol
username must be specified!
Received on Wed Nov 01 2006 - 05:24:13 MST