> I have an acl that looks like this: > > acl denied_users proxy_auth_regex -i '/etc/squid2/denied_users' > > where the denied_users file has a list of users who are not allowed access > in the form of: john.smith > > Now for the first time I have a problem in the way this works. For > instance, I have a user account of smith. It's a generic account that is > used to ensure that certain applications run on Windows 2000/XP. I simply > want to prevent Web access as it's anonymous to some extent. So I add the > name "smith" to my denied_users file. Now not only is "smith" denied > access, but also "john.smith". Put the username as '^smith$' in the config. IMO it would be easier to use NT group membership (those who may browse are member of a certain group, and check membership of that group in the acl). Joost
