Re: [squid-users] Block a set of sites for a set of users

Dayo Adewunmi wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I'm using squid 2.6.18-1ubuntu3 on Ubuntu 8.04. So far I've configured it
> to deny access to a set of sites for all users, during the period of
> 8am-8pm.
> Now, I want to grant certain users 24/7 access to the restricted sites.
> I've tried it with these ACLs:
>
> acl academic01 time MTWHFAS 08:00-20:00
> acl exempt src 192.168.2.127
> acl media-sites url_regex -i (..........)
> http_access deny media-sites academic
>
> acl noaccess dstdomain "/etc/squid/noaccess.dat"
> http_access allow noaccess exempt
> http_access allow noaccess !academic01
> http_access deny noaccess
>
> They do grant the exempted user access, but the problem is, after 8pm
> the others
> are still blocked from accessing the restricted sites.
> Please help.
>
> Best regards
>
> Dayo

Couple of points...

I think the blockage is happening because of "media-sites". Your bypass
is on "noaccess", and only happens after media-sites is allowed.

Also, the media-sites checks can be sped up a LOT by simply making it:

  http_access deny academic media-sites

Amos

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