Hi All I'm using squid-ldap for authentication everything is working fine but if the password is containing # character it does not accept. Need some help I'm using Squid Cache: Version 2.5.STABLE13 With the following options, configure options: --host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix= --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib64 --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --exec_prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/sbin --libexecdir=/usr/lib64/squid --localstatedir=/var --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc/squid --enable-poll --enable-snmp --enable-removal-policies=heap,lru --enable-storeio=aufs,coss,diskd,null,ufs --enable-ssl --with-openssl=/usr/kerberos --enable-delay-pools --enable-linux-netfilter --with-pthreads --enable-ntlm-auth-helpers=SMB,winbind,fakeauth --enable-external-acl-helpers=ip_user,ldap_group,unix_group,wbinfo_group,win bind_group --enable-auth=basic,digest,ntlm --enable-digest-auth-helpers=password --with-winbind-auth-challenge --enable-useragent-log --enable-referer-log --enable-carp --enable-gnuregex --enable-underscores --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-cachemgr-hostname=localhost --enable-underscores --enable-basic-auth-helpers=LDAP,MSNT,NCSA,PAM,SMB,YP,getpwnam,multi-domain- NTLM,SASL,winbind --enable-cache-digests --enable-ident-lookups --with-large-files --enable-fd-config --enable-follow-x-forwarded-for Thanks & Regards, Remy Almeida NIO System Admin Ph Office: +91-0832-2450421 Cell: 9822586093