[squid-users] Réf. : [squid-users] Problem with password authentication in 2.5

hello Nial,

- does the /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth program exist?
- does the /etc/squid.passwd password file exist?
- what is the output of cache.log?
It seems that your squid isn't started, may be because the ncsa_auth file
was missing.

regards,

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Stéphane Davy - Consultant Alcôve
                                                                                                                                                
                      Niall O Broin                                                                                                             
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                      19/03/2004 13:50          Objet :  [squid-users] Problem with password authentication in 2.5                              
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                      niall                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                
I'm trying to use password authentication with 2.5 on a Debian unstable
box.
Squid itself is working fine, and I've used password authentication on 2.4
successfully so I do have an idea of the mechanism. I don't have any very
sophisticated requirements, and in fact my needs should be met by the
samples
in the sample config file. At the moment, in my config file for password
authentication I just have these 6 lines different from my regular config:
auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid.passwd
auth_param basic children 5
auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
acl external_users proxy_auth REQUIRED
http_access allow external_users
The first 4 lines above are simply obtained by uncommenting the lines from
the
sample config (the first line also had to be completed) - the last two are
quite simple. If I include the lines above in my squid.conf, no clients can
connect to squid. Telnetting to the port simply gets connection refused.
The same applies if I don't even have the acl defined or used i.e. if I
simply
have the 4 lines above beginning auth_param in the config file - no squid
for
anybody.
So, for the moment I have removed the offending lines. Can someone please
suggest where I'm going wrong?
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Niall