RE: [squid-users] Authentification question

tor 2003-09-11 klockan 09.12 skrev LINDER Thierry:

> What do you mean by helpers ?

A helper is a separate program helping Squid with some kind of job. In
case of authentication the job of the helpers is to verify a given
username+password combination towards a given backend database (Local
file / LDAP / NT DOmain / PAM / etc). Each kind of backend database
requires it's own helpers, and in some cases there is different flavors
of helpers for the same backend database.

> Is it an option when I compile Squid ?

Yes, as most the helpers are shipped with the Squid sources so it is
easiest to compile the helpers while you compile Squid.

> Is it an external binary used by squid?

Yes.

Regards
Henrik

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