Hi,
Im using squid-2.6.STABLE12 as the proxy server on a centos 4.4
machine with 2.6.9-42.ELsmp kernel.

I have the following squid.conf file

http_port 8080

cache_dir ufs /home/danish/squid/var/cache 100 16 256

acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0

http_access allow all

cache_effective_user squid

cache_effective_group squid

auth_param basic program /home/danish/squid/libexec/digest_ldap_auth -
R -b "dc=vertexsoft,dc=com" -D
"cn=Administrator,cn=Users,dc=vertexsoft,dc=com" -w "password" -F
sAMAccountName=%s -h ip-of-the-ads-machine

auth_param basic children 5

auth_param basic realm Vertexsoft Proxy Server

auth_param basic credentialsttl 5 minutes

but when I start the squid server with the following command, it gives
me the following errors:

#su squid -c "/home/danish/squid/sbin/squid -NCd 1"

Starting Squid Cache version 2.6.STABLE12 for i686-pc-linux-gnu...
Process ID 15826
With 1024 file descriptors available
Using epoll for the IO loop
Performing DNS Tests...
Successful DNS name lookup tests...
DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 32813, FD 5
Adding nameserver 202.148.202.3 from /etc/resolv.conf
Adding nameserver 202.138.96.2 from /etc/resolv.conf
Adding nameserver 202.138.103.100 from /etc/resolv.conf
Adding nameserver 202.54.10.2 from /etc/resolv.conf
Adding nameserver 202.148.202.4 from /etc/resolv.conf
helperOpenServers: Starting 5 'digest_ldap_auth' processes
Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 14
Swap maxSize 102400 KB, estimated 7876 objects
Target number of buckets: 393
Using 8192 Store buckets
2007/03/26 15:29:46| Max Mem size: 8192 KB
2007/03/26 15:29:46| Max Swap size: 102400 KB
2007/03/26 15:29:46| Rebuilding storage in /home/danish/squid/var/
cache (DIRTY)
Using Least Load store dir selection
Current Directory is /home/danish/squid/etc
Loaded Icons.
Accepting proxy HTTP connections at 0.0.0.0, port 8080, FD 16.
Accepting ICP messages at 0.0.0.0, port 3130, FD 17.
WCCP Disabled.
Ready to serve requests.
WARNING: basicauthenticator #4 (FD 9) exited
WARNING: basicauthenticator #5 (FD 10) exited
WARNING: basicauthenticator #2 (FD 7) exited
Too few basicauthenticator processes are running
FATAL: The basicauthenticator helpers are crashing too rapidly, need
help!

Aborted

Thanks
Danish