Re: Question not found in Squid FAQ

Well.. there is authenticate_ttl in the configuration file, doing exacly
what you ask for. Default setting is a interval of 1 hour.

Robert: In squid-2.5 the meaning of this directive have apparently
changed quite drastically, with the meaning of authenticate_ttl moved to
auth_param credentialsttl. Please clean this up before 2.5 release.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid Hacker
Marcos Barreto de Castro wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> We have been using squid here in our company for the
> last year and a half and lately we found out there is
> a feature we certainly need and couldn't find on squid
> FAQ and related documents any information on it.
> 
> Is there a parameter on squid's configuration file to
> specify the time frame squid should authenticate a
> user? (Example: We are using an external authenticator
> and we would like squid to authenticate every user
> every 10 minutes, so silently squid should use the
> external authenticator every 10 minutes and
> authenticate every user logged in. The reason for that
> is that sometimes we need to drop the privileges for a
> user and since this feature does not appear to be
> implemented, the user, if already authenticated, will
> be using the internet connection for as long as he
> keeps his machine up, since he has already been
> authenticated.
> 
> I would appreciate it if you could send me a reply.
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> BTW, congratulations! Squid is really an excelent
> software.
> 
> Marcos Barreto de Castro
> mbdecastro@yahoo.com
> Brasilia - Brazil
> 
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