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

From: Cédric Vuillet <Cedric_at_spartoo.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:41:26 +0200

Fixed!

Thanks a lot!

It seems that authentifications on MacOS X are only available with
manual compilation.
Fink and Darwinport does not seem to offer additional packages.
Or maybe I did a mistake too...

All is now ok for me.

Le Apr 2, 2009 à 1:34 PM, Amos Jeffries a écrit :

> Cédric Vuillet wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Sorry my fault. not checking config options:
>
> --enable-auth=basic
> --enable-basic-auth-helpers=NCSA
>
> (don't forget to list any others you need too)
>
> Amos
>
>> 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
>> ##########################
>> Cédric Vuillet
>> Spartoo.com
>> Tel : 04 76 09 59 29
>> ##########################
>
>
> --
> Please be using
> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE6 or 3.0.STABLE13
> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.6

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Cédric Vuillet
Spartoo.com
Tel : 04 76 09 59 29
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