Hi, I have configure my Squid to work only for some time for one group of users. I find that this is not being effective. Below is the squid conf file ############# SQUID DEFAULTS ############ http_port 8000 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? no_cache deny QUERY cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log debug_options ALL,1 33,2 debug_options ALL,1 ############ AUTHENTICATIONS ########### auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/data/valid-users auth_param basic children 5 auth_param basic realm Accord-Soft Proxy-caching Web Server auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hour auth_param basic casesensitive off request_body_max_size 50 KB refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 ########### ACCESS CONTROLS ########### #### Format for Access Controls #### ## <acl username proxy_auth user id> ## <acl usertime time 9:00 - 14:00> ## <acl userurl url_regex website> ## <http_access allow username usertime userurl> acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl CONNECT method CONNECT ########## USER DEFINED ACLS ########### ## Authenticating Users ####### acl sunayna.j proxy_auth sunayna.j acl vikramsingh proxy_auth vikram.singh #### ACL TIMINGS ####### acl MorningTime time 08:00-09:00 acl EveningTime time 18:00-19:00 acl AfternoonTime time 13:00-15:00 acl OfficeTime time 09:00-18:00 acl SplMorningTime time 09:00-13:00 acl PrelunchTime1 time 11:00-12:00 acl PrelunchTime time 12:00-13:00 ### Some more ACL's to Allow and Block the Sites ### acl PornSites url_regex "/etc/squid/data/blocked-sites" acl PornSites url_regex "/etc/squid/data/blocked-bad-words" acl exceptions url_regex "/etc/squid/data/exceptions" acl exceptions url_regex "/etc/squid/data/winupdates" http_access allow exceptions http_access deny PornSites deny_info ERR_PORN_DENIED PornSites acl FTPMP3 url_regex -i ^ftp://.*\.mp3$ http_access deny FTPMP3 acl HTPMP3 url_regex -i ^http://.*\.mp3$ http_access deny HTPMP3 acl Download_Blocking url_regex -i \.(ADE|ADP|ASD|ASF|BAS|BAT|CMD|CPL|CRT|EML|HLP|HTA|INF|INS|ISP|LNK|MDB|MDE|MSC|MSG|MSI|MSP|MST|OCX|PCD|PIF|SCR|SCT|SH|SHB|SHS|SYS|VB|VBE|VBS|VCS|WMS|WMD|WMZ|WSC|WSF|WSH|PBL|TPL|mov|MOV|mp3|avi|AVI|wmv|WMV|wma|rar|RAR|CAB|cab)($|\?) http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports #http_access deny !password ### Access Goes Here ####### http_access allow vikasv PrelunchTime1 http_access allow vikramsingh PrelunchTime1 http_access allow sunayna.j PrelunchTime1 http_access deny all cache_mgr netadmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx visible_hostname squid.accord-soft.com coredump_dir /var/spool/squid logfile_rotate 10 deny_info ERR_ACCESS_DENIED net-man ## End of Squid.conf file. In this the timings "PrelunchTime1" does not seem to work. This means that a user with this config cannot access Net before 11:00 AM, but he can continue to browse even after 12:00 Noon . Where are we making mistakes ? Any help would be appreciable Thanks Jagdish ############################################################################################################################################## The information transmitted is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, copying or other use of, or taking any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from your system. Accord Software & Systems Pvt. Ltd. (ACCORD) is not responsible for any changes made to the material other than those made by ACCORD or for the effect of the changes on the meaning of the material. ##############################################################################################################################################