Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Eric Belhomme wrote:
>
>> But if I can suggest something, the man page sould be updated to
>> explicitly say that squid_ldap_auth wait for a couple of login/passwd
>> separated by a space. Maybe I'm stupid but a spend many hours to
>> understand that...
>
>
> This is documented in the auth_param directive in squid.conf, which
> defines the scope squid_ldap_auth is working under..
>
> "program" cmdline
> Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
> reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
> "ERR" in an endless loop.
>
> And also in the Squid FAQ at a number of places.
>
> But yes, adding a small section to the squid_ldap_auth manpage on how to
> test the function of the helper outside of Squid would be useful.
> Suggestions on what to say is welcome, preferably as a patch to the
> manpage source (yes I am a lazy person).
Henrik,
I'd gladly submit a patch for squid_ldap_auth.8 (and probably
squid_ldap_group while I'm at it) but I can't find any good (read:
understandable) resources for editing man pages. Suggestions?
Regards,
Oliver
Received on Thu Jan 06 2005 - 20:08:54 MST
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