> Squid 2.5.STABLE5 > Seriously worth an upgrade. > I'm needing to grant authority to an anonymous user account which is not > authenticated through the domain and does not have a password associated > with it. Basically it's a dummy terminal without a login, but needs to > get > to specific corporate sites only. > Best solution may need to be; locate the IP of the terminal machine and create a bypass acl and access line letting it in ahead of the auth tests. Iff you MUST authenticate, you are sort of on the right track. But only one "auth_param basic program" line is permitted, the second one is ignored by all versions of squid. > I currently have squid configured through samba for the domain > authentication and have several domain users authenticating through it. > > > squid.conf > auth_param ntlm program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol= > squid-2.5-ntlmssp > auth_param basic program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol= > squid-2.5-basic > auth_param basic children 15 > auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server > auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hour > auth_param ntlm children 15 > > ##This section was added for the anonymous user > auth_param basic program /usr/sbin/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/passwd > auth_param basic children 15 > auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server > auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours > > I set up the passwd file using 'httpasswd2 /etc/squid/passwd ANON000' and > created the user list and defined the acl: > > acl acl_name ident "/dir/to/userlist" > and > http_access allow acl_name > > In the /var/log/squid/cache.log I'm seeing "ANON000 failed due to [No such > user]" > > I understand what will need to take place to handle the specific only > sites. My question is how can I get the anonymous user to authenticate? > > Amos