Re: [squid-users] Re: Getting username into squid access.log

From: Kiran Maraju <kiran@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 11:19:44 +0530

 Hi Joe,

User name loggin can be done in squid, if u do some modifications in the squid
code http.c and access_log.c
In transparent proxying , it can be done.
for further details, mail me for the code modifications.

kiran

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Quoting Joe Kraft <hishadow@netcabo.pt>:

> Mark, thanks for the offer, I'd like to take you up on it. I tried
> contacting your e-mail with no luck. Please e-mail me with your correct
> address.
>
> Joe.
> hishadow@netcabo.pt
>
> Discussion Lists wrote:
> > Hi Joe,
> > I have been able to set up a Squid proxy that forces users to
> > authenticate to it using Samba and Winbind. With a few ACL's I can
> > restrict who can, and cannot access the Internet. This also shows up on
> > the access.log as "domain\username." If you need more details, email me
> > directly, and I will be happy to help in any way I can. BTW, this isn't
> > for transparent mode, although (at least in a windows environment) you
> > don't need it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Joe Kraft [mailto:hishadow@netcabo.pt]
> >>Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 12:03 PM
> >>To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> >>Subject: [squid-users] Getting username into squid access.log
> >>
> >>
> >>I've read so much Squid documentation that my head is
> >>spinning now. I
> >>just want to clear up one point before I expend any more brain bytes.
> >>
> >>If I set up squid to work transparently, ala FAQ 17.1 does than mean
> >>that there is absolutely NO WAY I will ever be able to get squid to
> >>figure out who is logged in at the machine that made the
> >>request? And
> >>thus, no usernames in the access.log?
> >>
> >>I just want to make sure that this is the behavior referenced in the
> >>discussions about proxy-auth. So I can control access by the
> >>IP address
> >>of the machine, but not by user. Squid is not allowed by the
> >>RFC to ask
> >>anything back to the requesting machine, because the requester is not
> >>expecting squid to be there in the middle. Is this correct so far?
> >>
> >>So the least intrusive way to make this work, and to have the
> >>names to
> >>to not use squid in a transparent mode and use the automatic
> >>configuration script from FAQ 5.2?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Joe.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
Received on Tue Sep 07 2004 - 23:43:48 MDT

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