i am trying to set up a squid but its not asking for authentication.. were am i going wrong i not able to find out this is what i am doing i am using UBUNTU NIC that i am using is having ip 192.168.7.253 static ip-192.168.7.253 netmask-255.255.255.0 gateway address-192.168.7.254 give my pc a name in host file 192.168.7.253 = testmachine then install squid 2}apt-get install squid-common 3}apt-get install apache2-utils 4)then chown proxy:proxy /etc/squid/squid.conf 5)now create user htpasswd -c /etc/squid/passwd garima passwrd -garima 6} chmod o+r /etc/squid/passwd 7)then i do the setting squid.conf 1}auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_users /etc/squid/passwd auth_param basic children 5 auth_param basic realm SQUID s there auth_param basic credtinal 2 hours auth_param basic cassesitive 0ff now acl list 2}acl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED acl internal_network src 192.168.7.253 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED now http turn 3}http_access allow internal_network http_access allow ncsa_users http_access allow password now save nd close this 8}now http_port 3128 9}now we have to rout the traffic iptables -L it will show firewalls are disable 10}vi /etc/iptables.rules now add iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp ---dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3128 save and close this 11)now do iptables-save > /etc/iptables.rules 12) now to vi /etc/network/interfaces 13)now /etc/init.d/squid restart 14)now /etc/init.d/networking restart its still not working ... not asking for password were am i going wrong -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/squid-not-asking-for-authentication-tp18507653p18507653.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.