Re: [squid-users] ntlm_auth with password prompt

On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 21:07 +0200, Guido Serassio wrote:
> Hi Jimmy,
>
> At 20.47 06/09/2006, Jimmy Jonsson wrote:
> >I have a little odd question. One of my customers who uses Squid wants the
> >user to be prompted for a password and then let ntlm_auth authenticate the
> >against Active Directory. Is there a way to tell ntlm_auth to always prompt
> >the user for password ?
>
> I think no.
>
> NTLM authentication is some time called "transparent authentication" .... :-)
>
> Internet Explorer prompts the user for authentication only when the
> "transparent authentication" fails.

It may be under control by the "security zones" concept. You can try
setting MSIE not to automatically authenticate against servers in the
"intranet" zone..

        Kinkie
Received on Mon Sep 11 2006 - 17:00:05 MDT