Re: [squid-users] Authentication Error

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, [iso-8859-1] Swaroop Shere wrote:

> I am trying to build a hierarchy of cache servers in my college. But
> when i access the child cache through a client, it opens a box for
> authentication, but does not authenticate. The client then displays an
> error which is given by the parent cache server. Could anybody help me
> with this?

See the cache_peer directive. You need to tell the child Squid to trust
the parent with your users authentication details.

> Also, there is no dns server running in our premisis.
> The parent cache can access the isp's dns, although.
> Can this lead to a problem?

Only if your link becomes overloaded.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Tue Aug 17 2004 - 02:28:50 MDT