Hi, You should test if the helper works running it from command line. But you really need LDAP authentication against Active Directory ? Are you sure that you cannot use native Windows helpers ? Regards Guido Serassio Acme Consulting S.r.l. Microsoft Gold Certified Partner VMware Professional Partner Via Lucia Savarino, 1 10098 - Rivoli (TO) - ITALY Tel. : +39.011.9530135 Fax. : +39.011.9781115 Email: guido.serassio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.acmeconsulting.it > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Liyanage, Lakshman [mailto:lakshman.liyanage@xxxxxxxxxx] > Inviato: lunedì 14 febbraio 2011 3.07 > A: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Oggetto: FW: Configuring SQUID in Windows to authenticate > with Active Directory > > Hi Guido, > > Thank you for your email. I added the .exe extension and now squid starts > without any errors. However, I have a feeling that it does not talk to > Micosoft Active Directory to authenticate users - if I key in an arbitary > value for the -w "password" option, squid still starts. I was expecting > to see an error. > > cache.log has the following entry: > 2011/01/27 16:51:09| Accepting proxy HTTP connections at 0.0.0.0, port > 3128, FD 14. > Is that normal? > > Also if I try to use a browser (I used Firefox)- it prompts for user > credentials, but if I use any usernames in Microsoft Active Directory it > does not authenticate against those usernames. The browser keeps on > promptimng for a username and a password. access.log is filled with > TCP_DENIED/407 errors. > > Any assistance is muchly appreciated. > > Thanks and Regards > > Lakshman > > > ________________________________________ > From: Guido Serassio [guido.serassio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Sunday, 13 February 2011 5:35 PM > To: Liyanage, Lakshman; squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: R: Configuring SQUID in Windows to authenticate > with Active Directory > > Hi, > > You must add the .exe extension after squid_ldap_auth as noted in the > documentation. > > Regards > > Guido Serassio > Acme Consulting S.r.l. > Microsoft Gold Certified Partner > Via Lucia Savarino, 1 10098 - Rivoli (TO) - ITALY > Tel. : +39.011.9530135 Fax. : +39.011.9781115 > Email: guido.serassio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > WWW: http://www.acmeconsulting.it > > > > -----Messaggio originale----- > > Da: Liyanage, Lakshman [mailto:lakshman.liyanage@xxxxxxxxxx] > > Inviato: sabato 12 febbraio 2011 4.41 > > A: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Oggetto: Configuring SQUID in Windows to authenticate > with > > Active Directory > > > > Hello All, > > I am new to SQUID and hence require some help. > > I have SQUID 2.7 Stable8 installed on a Windows Server 2008 R2. I am > now > > trying to configure it to use MS Active Directory. I have the > following > > lines in the .conf file: > > ----- > > auth_param basic program c:/squid/libexec/squid_ldap_auth -R -b > "dc=ad- > > mycompany,dc=domain,dc=com" -D "cn=admin,cn=Users,dc=ad- > > mycompany,dc=domain,dc=com" -w "password" -f sAMAccountName=%s -h > > myipnumber > > auth_param basic children 5 > > auth_param basic realm My_Company > > auth_param basic credentialsttl 5 minute > > ------ > > When I try to start SQUID, Windows throws" Error 1067: The process > > terminated unexpectedly" at me. I have a web server/service running > on > > port 80 and 443. > > What am I missing here? > > Many many thanks for your help > > > > Lakshman
