Re: [squid-users] NCSA_Auth issues

James Bound wrote:
> I have found a flood of info about ncsa_auth but I cannot find anyone
> having the same issue that i am. I am new at this thing so please be
> patient if I sound like a retard. =)
>
> I am running SLES 9 fully patched and up to date
> Squid Stable 2.5 (installed via rpm package included with system)
>
> I got squid up and running just fine using some basic ACL's for diff
> parts of our network. Now I am asked to add the "authentication" into
> the system
>
> I am trying for the NCSA_AUTH and this is where I stand:
>
> I have created password files using htpasswd with each type of
> encryption that it offers (htpasswd -c (tried all encrypts and plain)
> passwd jimbo) prompts for a password, type it in etc. finishes with
> no apparent issues.
>
> I then run the check (ncsa_auth passwd) takes me down a line, then
> type in the username (jimbo) it returns err every freakin' time no
> matter what kind of encryption it uses, HSA, plain, md5 etc.

I think that ncsa_auth expects both the username AND password on the
same line. The email at
http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/200501/0279.html
would lead me to greater confidence in this.

>
> I hope someone can tell me what I am screwing up here because this is
> driving up a wall.
>
> Thanks to all,
>
> Jim

Chris
Received on Thu Feb 08 2007 - 19:39:03 MST