On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 13:37 +0900, Scott Jarkoff wrote: > I have setup Squid to perform authentication via NTLM and everything > is working fine with the exception of 1 odd error. At random times > throughout the day, and for no apparent reason, an authentication > popup will be presented to the user. Merely clicking "cancel" will > allow the user to view the site. > > The proxy server has not yet been deployed throughout the organization > and therefore only has a very minimal load on it at the moment, yet it > does this random authentication thing. > > Does anyone have any ideas as to what might be causing this to happen? > Hello Scott, You can use this directive of squid.conf file to prevent the problem. "auth_param ntlm use_ntlm_negotiate off" You may also need to increase children based on your number of users. You can visit for more details:http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-23.html#ss23.5 Thanks, Visolve Squid Team, http://squid.visolve.com