Re: [squid-users] How to force squid to cache files when using auth ?

Thomas Bergerot wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm using squid to cache files inside our network.
>
> When the requests are not using authentication, the files are cached in the swap directories.
>
> I've got a software that uses basic authentication with the server to download files, and i noticed that Squid is not caching files when a basic auth is used in the request.
>
> Could anyone tell me if there is a way to force Squid to cache the files even when using auth in GET/PUT requests please ?
>
> Thank you very much for your help, and have a nice day :)
>
> Regards
>
> Thomas
>

See the "ignore-private" option to cache_control
(http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/refresh_pattern/). Be aware that
requests for cached content will NOT be prompted for authentication.

Chris
Received on Thu Dec 10 2009 - 21:11:55 MST