Re: [squid-users] Authentication Modules

On Sun, 24 Jun 2001, Robert Collins wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Diggins" <diggins@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca>
> To: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 11:29 AM
> Subject: [squid-users] Authentication Modules
>
>
> >
> > I think I already know the answer to this question but I want to be
> sure.
> > Is there anyway within Squid to use to different authentication
> modules as
> > the same time? For example, try authenticating using the SMB_AUTH
> module,
> > if that fails, try the NCSA module and if that fails return ERR to
> Squid.
> >
> > -Mike
>
> Not currently. In either squid 2.4 or 2.5 it shouldn't be too hard to
> add. However IMO it's best just to write a wrapper script for it and
> then give squid the wrapper script as the redirector.

Thanks. Excuse my ignorance but would that be as straight forward as using
another script (such as a perl script) to accept the username/password
from Squid, test the result against each authentication module and return
the the result (OK or ERR) to Squid? Is that what a "wrapper" would do?

-Mike
Received on Sat Jun 23 2001 - 10:07:34 MDT