What follows is my squid.conf - can you please help me figure out why ncsa auth is not working? is my conf file screwed up somehow? thanks!!! ###Specifies the NCSA user Authentication auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/passwd auth_param basic children 5 auth_param basic realm FVRL Wireless Internet Login auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours auth_param basic casesensitive off acl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED http_access allow ncsa_users acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl SSL_ports port 443 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow localhost icp_access deny all htcp_access deny all http_port 216.251.148.194:3128 transparent hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern (cgi-bin|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 icp_port 3130 coredump_dir /var/spool/squid cache_effective_user squid ##Block sites manually through the squid file and not the blocklist using the following commands #acl blocksites dstdomain .foo.com #http_access deny blocksites #acl blockregexurl url_regex -i sex gun drug violence cult porn pr0n #http_access deny blockregexurl ###Allow these networks to use the proxy service #always_direct allow all acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 216.251.148.195 216.251.148.194 http_access allow our_networks ##Specifies the squidGuard bin and conf file for the URL black lists redirect_program /usr/local/bin/squidGuard -c /usr/local/squidGuard/squidGuard.conf ###Specifies the NCSA user Authentication #auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/passwd #auth_param basic children 5 #auth_param basic realm FVRL Wireless Internet Login #auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours #auth_param basic casesensitive off #acl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED #http_access allow ncsa_users #####DELAY POOLS - bandwidth limiting portion of conf file. #This is the most important part for shaping incoming traffic with Squid #For detailed description see squid.conf file or docs at http://www.squid-cache.org #We don't want to limit downloads on our local network. acl magic_words1 url_regex -i 192.168 #We want to limit downloads of these type of files #Put this all in one line acl magic_words2 url_regex -i ftp .exe .mp3 .vqf .tar.gz .gz .rpm .zip .rar .avi .mpeg .mpe .mpg .qt .ram .rm .iso .raw .wav .mov #We don't block .html, .gif, .jpg and similar files, because they #generally don't consume much bandwidth #We want to limit bandwidth during the day, and allow #full bandwidth during the night #Caution! with the acl below your downloads are likely to break #at 23:59. Read the FAQ in this bandwidth if you want to avoid it. acl day time 09:00-23:59 #We have two different delay_pools #View Squid documentation to get familiar #with delay_pools and delay_class. delay_pools 2 #First delay pool #We don't want to delay our local traffic. #There are three pool classes; here we will deal only with the second. #First delay class (1) of second type (2). delay_class 1 2 #-1/-1 mean that there are no limits. delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 -1/-1 #magic_words1: 192.168 we have set before delay_access 1 allow magic_words1 #Second delay pool. #we want to delay downloading files mentioned in magic_words2. #Second delay class (2) of second type (2). delay_class 2 2 #The numbers here are values in bytes; #we must remember that Squid doesn't consider start/stop bits #5000/150000 are values for the whole network #5000/120000 are values for the single IP #after downloaded files exceed about 150000 bytes, #(or even twice or three times as much) #they will continue to download at about 5000 bytes/s delay_parameters 2 5000/150000 5000/120000 #We have set day to 09:00-23:59 before. delay_access 2 allow day delay_access 2 deny !day delay_access 2 allow magic_words2 #EOF -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cannot-get-ncsa_auth-to-work-tp22980872p22980872.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.