Re: [SQU] authentication - stress

The instructions I gave only adds ncsa_auth to the already installed
Squid. If you are happy with the Squid binary in your RPM there is no
need to replace that.

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker
Ben Mckellar wrote:
> 
> Thanx for the info..   i have posted another mail b4 i read this one..
> please ignore that.
> 
> Well my option now is to get the tar.gz  as previously i ran the rpm which
> does not include the ncsa module unfortunately..
> 
> So is my only option to wipe the rpm and install it from a tar.gz ?
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:hno@hem.passagen.se]
> Sent: Friday, 27 October 2000 6:42 AM
> To: Ben Mckellar
> Cc: Squid Users (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: [SQU] authentication - stress
> 
> Ben Mckellar wrote:
> 
> > #Authentication program
> > authenticate_program /usr/bin/htpasswd /root/squidpass
> 
> htpasswd can only generate the password file. It is not a password
> validator.
> 
> For htpasswd generated password files, use ncsa_auth from the Squid
> distribution.
> 
> Please note that for ncsa_auth your must make sure that the htpasswd
> generated password file uses the crypt() algorithm (default on most
> UNIX:es.. can be forced with the -d option on modern versions of
> htpasswd)
> 
> > If anything needs to be compiled can you pleases gimmme some detailed
> > isntructions on howto do it on redhat, cause i noticed a lot of the tar.gz
> > stuff screws up.
> 
> fetch squid-2.3.STABLE4.tar.gz (or mostly any other Squid source
> version).
> 
> tar zxvf squid-2.3.STABLE4.tar.gz
> cd squid-2.3.STABLE4
> ./configure
> make
> cd auth_modules/NCSA
> make
> cp ncsa_auth /usr/lib/squid/
> 
> (only the last cp step needs to be done as root, and all the
> configuration changes below. The configure and make steps can be done as
> a ordinary user)
> 
> squid.conf:
> 
> authenticate_program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/passwd
> acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
> 
> ... (the default stuff distributed in squid.conf)
> http_access allow password
> http_access deny all
> 
> Then create and populate /etc/squid/passwd using htpasswd (with the -d
> option if your copy of htpasswd defaults to using MD5 hashes)..
> 
> --
> Henrik Nordstrom
> Squid hacker
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