[squid-users] Authenticating parent cache problem

Hello-

I have the following problem, for which I cannot find the answer to in
either the FAQ or the archives...

I have a squid proxy serving local users, which is required to connect to a
parent cache on the other end of a WAN link. This parent cache (netcache)
is configured for user authentication. The netcache is using the nt
domain\userid information to authenticate. All trust relationships are ok.
When users connect directly to the netcache, there are no problems. When
users connect to the local squid proxy, some requests are serviced without
issue, other requests are serviced only after typing in the userid/pw
information from 3 to 10 times per page. Sometimes no login window is
given, and access is denied. When connecting directly to the netcache no
such problems are exibited.

The remote webcache is set as the default parent, and no direct is allowed.
On the local end all local addresses are permitted, and no userid access
controls are enabled. The squid cache worked without problem for 6 months
without any changes to a different parent cache which did not implement
access controls. This parent cache is now disabled.

Users are NT 4.0 and Windows2000 clients using IE5.5. The same problems I
experience with my XP and RH 7.2 workstations.

Any advice you could provide in this matter will help protect me from the
lynching mob.... ;>)

Elmars Ositis
Received on Thu Jun 06 2002 - 04:08:23 MDT