Squid can Authenticate through PAM modules . So if you have diffrent kind of
PAM modules you can authenticate from everythings that you want like : 
Passwd , MySQL , RADIUS , ...
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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	David Wilson [mailto:davew@sai.co.za] 
> Sent:	Saturday, March 17, 2001 12:47 PM
> To:	squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject:	[squid-users] Auth against /etc/passwd with
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Does anyone know how to get Squid to auth against /etc/passwd ??
> Does Squid require some kind of PAM plugin ?
> I'm running Slackware so I need to install PAM from source then ? 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Kindest regards
> David Wilson
> The S.A Internet
> 
> 
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