Hi All! At last I found out whats causing this trouble. It is my DNS was causing this whole problem. If you get this error make sure your DNS is working properly. Even though I had specified the servers in hosts file still somehow it was using my DNS which was pointing outside my network. I thought this reply will help someone who may get the same problem Thanx all of you there regards Babs --- Babs <arvbab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > I am facing the same problem once again, the > authentication from the browser appears repeatedly > and > gives a authentication error. cache.log reports > "Squid_Ldap_Auth error: Cant Contact LDAP Server". > This time I made sure things are fine with Msbox and > with a nmap, I could see the ldap ports in msbox and > a > netstat shows me a connection established to msbox > ldap port. Also I could successfully telnet into the > msbox ldap port from squid box. Also I could use > ldapsearch tool without any trouble. > As previously Marc suggested to telnet msbox 445 > port > is working without any problem. I restarted my msbox > like the previously but this time I am still > getting > the same error. > > Anyone can give me some idea what might be the > problem? > Thanx in advance > Babs > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide