txlombardi wrote:
Amos, Thanks for your reply and help. Squid version as it is shown in the add/remove programs of Fedora 12 reads, "Squid-7:3.1.0.17." I assume that is version 3.1. SquidGuard is "Squid-1.4-8.fc12."
Ah, a beta with known issues. A 3.1 production release of Squid might prove more stable.
I am trying to follow the instructions of Alex Vanherwijnen (link in original post) to create a captive portal. Everything seems fine except for the url_rewrite_program which crashes Squid. The advantage in using his solution is it maintains a database of user connections, so only one redirect will happen to the login page during the session time period.
Might be a problem with 3.1.0.17 thats not been mentioned before. Probably selinux though.
If you find you need the extra control Alex Vanherwijnens' script offers, then it should be fine to go with it instead. After a few small alterations it can fit into the same place the squid_session helper does.
I did look at the two links you posted. The session helper looks like a better solution. The problem is this is all a new area for me and I'm not sure I can pull that off without some examples to look at. Do you know of any that are posted?
The "EXAMPLE" section of that manual contains the entire squid.conf snippet needed to setup and run the helper and redirect to a splash page.
All you need do is insert the http_access rule into your other http_access rules.
A last thought. I wonder. Should I be trying to use Squid Guard for the captive portal? It would seem to somehow be involved in the redirect. The service is running, but I have not configured it in any way.
The only justifiable use I've seen for squidGuard is for URL filtering using lots of regex, or extremely large domain lists etc.
Amos -- Please be using Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE9 or 3.1.1
