Re: [squid-users] Problem using ncsa_auth on MacOS X

From: Cédric Vuillet <Cedric_at_spartoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 13:07:01 +0200

Thanks for help :

I tried that

./configure --enable-basic-auth --enable-basic-helpers=NCSA

then
sudo make install

but I still don't have ncsa_auth in libexec folder.

Maybe I did something wrong?

Le Apr 2, 2009 à 12:05 PM, Amos Jeffries a écrit :

> Cédric Vuillet wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I used Darwinport to install squid this time.
>> So I have a newer version : squid @2.7.STABLE6_0+darwin_9
>> But I have same problem : ncsa_auth does not exist...
>> What should I do?
>
> Okay, lets see if we can track down any particular reason why its
> missing from MacOSX then get it going.
> - I can see no messages in the code anywhere about disabling it
> specially for Mac. So it should build.
>
> 1) with the self-build attempt did you remember to add "NSCA" to the
> basic-auth helper list?
> --enable-basic-auth --enable-basic-helpers=NCSA
>
>
> Amos
>
>> Thanks
>> Le Mar 30, 2009 à 12:48 PM, Amos Jeffries a écrit :
>>> Cédric Vuillet wrote:
>>>> Hello, I am new to squid.
>>>> I installed it on MacOS X using Fink.
>>>> It works but I cannot use simple authentification.
>>>> I tried to use ncsa_auth, but it's not installed on MacOS X
>>>> (10.4.9 or 10.5.3).
>>>> So I don't know if I must install ncsa_auth on my system (I don't
>>>> know how), or if I must use another authentification system.
>>>> Maybe ncsa_auth is just for Linux and I must use something else
>>>> on MacOS X...
>>>> Or maybe my Fink installation is not so good...
>>>> Can you help me please?
>>>
>>> Start with a check on the version of Squid installed. Last I saw
>>> the fink repositories had a seriously obsolete version of Squid-2.5.
>>>
>>> Anything that builds on Linux has an equivalent that builds on
>>> MacOS X. Might be windows-only, but unlikely. If you can't locate
>>> a current squid bundle to install you might try getting someone at
>>> fink to update it and add NCSA for you.
>>>
>>> Or building it from source yourself. Not too hard, with a step-by-
>>> step help in the http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
>>>
>
> Amos
> --
> Please be using
> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE6 or 3.0.STABLE13
> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.6

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