Re: [squid-users] Re: Squid ntlm_auth problem

From: Maarten Claes <maarten.claes@dont-contact.us>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:13:10 +0100

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:57:25 -0500, Adam Aube <aaube01@baker.edu> wrote:
> Maarten Claes wrote:
>
>
>
> > System is a basic debian sarge installation with samba 3.0.9 and
> > squid-2.5STABLE7 (compiled these two myself)
>
> > Everything works as mentioned in the squid documentation and the
> > thread until I had to test the ntlm_auth utility that comes with my
> > samba (3.0.9) installation:
> >
> > sarge:~# /usr/local/samba/bin/ntlm_auth
> > --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-basic MyDomain+myuser Mypwd
> > --debuglevel=10
>
> This is wrong. Squid basic auth helpers read "username password" on stdin on
> an endless loop. What this means is you need to run the helper like this:
>
> $ /usr/local/samba/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-basic
>
> The helper will run, giving you just a blank line with no prompt. At that
> point, type "MyDomain+myuser Mypwd" (without the quotes) and press Enter.
> Squid will respond with OK or ERR. If you get error, add the --debuglevel
> option to see where the problem is.
>
> Adam
>
>
Adam,

How "dumb" of me :-) Ah well, we live to learn.

It works just fine.

Thanks for your help

Thanks,

Maarten.
Received on Fri Dec 10 2004 - 09:13:13 MST

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