How many users is this serving? The simple answer -- Increase the amount of authenticators to maybe 20 children, from 15. >>> David Kleinman <dkleinm@xxxxxxxxx> 3/25/2011 4:47 PM >>> Hello, I'm seeing the dreaded "All ntlmauthenticator processes are busy" error 2-3 times a week which I can fix by restarting squid but the proxy only stays up for a few days at a time. This is our very simple squid.conf file acl snmppublic snmp_community test #Recommended minimum configuration: 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 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_port 192.168.3.100:80 http_port 192.168.3.100:3128 #We recommend you to use at least the following line. hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid # redirector_bypass off url_rewrite_program /usr/local/squidGuard/bin/squidGuard -c /usr/local/squidGuard/squidGuard.conf acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? cache deny QUERY #Suggested default: refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 acl apache rep_header Server ^Apache broken_vary_encoding allow apache visible_hostname proxy.test.com snmp_port 3401 auth_param ntlm program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-ntlmssp auth_param ntlm children 15 auth_param basic program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-basic auth_param basic children 15 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server auth_param basic credentialsttl 3 hours acl NTLMUsers proxy_auth REQUIRED http_access allow all NTLMUsers Any suggestions to tune this to reduce the NTLM authentication error? Travel Impressions made the following annotations ------------------------------------------------------------- "This message and any attachments are solely for the intended recipient and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, use, or distribution of the information included in this message and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by reply e-mail and immediately and permanently delete this message and any attachments. Thank you."
