* On 17/11/05 22:45 -0200, Francisco Lopes wrote: > Hello, > > So I'm trying to get Squid working for myself only, on a remote > FreeBSD server I have. I'm using this configuration file: > > http_port 9876 > tcp_outgoing_address 66.43.83.13 > > hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? php asp > acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? php asp > no_cache deny QUERY > > authenticate_program /usr/local/libexec/squid/ncsa_auth /usr/local/etc/squid/passwd The sample entry in the default squid.conf, from which I hope you were reading, says that the syntax is: auth_param basic program /usr/local/libexec/ncsa_auth /usr/local/etc/passwd So I am wondering where you got yours from ;) Try this: auth_param basic program /usr/local/libexec/ncsa_auth /usr/local/etc/squid/passwd auth_param basic children 5 uth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours Read the sample squid.conf to know what those optionw will do. > I installed Squid using the ports system, and I also already tried to > reinstall the ncsa_auth individually using the ports too. > > # make > # make install > /bin/sh ../../../cfgaux/mkinstalldirs /usr/local/libexec/squid > install -c -s -o root -g wheel -m 555 ncsa_auth /usr/local/libexec/squid/ncsa_auth cd /usr/ports/www/squid make config && make install > > Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong? Sure, you simply did not read and pay attention to the already given examples. -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington <wash@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ Intolerance is the last defense of the insecure.