jgnasser

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I'm trying out squid authentication using NCSA and soesnt seem to be working. I thought its straight forward. This is what I've done;

created a password file using htpasswd and added a user

added these lines to squid.conf:


auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/squid_passwd
acl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED
http_access allow ncsa_users

then I did service squid restart

Web access is as usual, not asking for password.

What have I missed out?

kashani

I'd guess that you have been using Squid in the past and put an allow in for your IP space. I do it that way so the office users always work, but if you want to use the proxy from home, we use it for web server testing with the dev sites, then you have to enter a password. Easier than trying to keep up with everyone's dynamic IP's.

auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/squid.pass
acl our_networks src 10.0.0.0/8
acl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED
http_access allow our_networks
http_access allow ncsa_users
no_cache deny all

kashani

jgnasser

Yes I already have

acl mrc src 192.168.0.0/24
http_access allow mrc
http_access deny all

which allows my LAN to connect. I notice that when I put the settings on the browser to use proxy server then squid now requests for passwd. My transparent proxy settings are on because clients can browse without entering proxy details.

jgnasser

I think I now have a hint, the authentication wont work when the proxy is transparent. Is that correct?