Re: authentication in squid 2.x

Jim Chivas wrote:
>
> Greetings:
>
> 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
>
> I want to be able to allow my ip ranges plus ask them for authentication.
>
Jim,

What are your http_access lines like?

Wayne

> Thanks
>
> Jim
>
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