Re: [squid-users] Reconfiguring authentication helpers

Yonatan Broza wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Documentation in squid.conf says:
> # Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
> # shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
> # the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
> # different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
>
> I would like to change from basic authentication to NTLM to both and back
> again without restarting Squid.
>
> It this possible?
>
> Is there a workaround for this limitation?
>

Not with any existing squid apaprently. And no workaround.

Hopefully it will be cleaned up as part of the long-term config cleanup
and squid.conf parser re-write which has only just started. It's due in
some versions 3.2+.

Amos

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