On 10/02/2015 5:01 p.m., Ahmad wrote: > Hi , > > I followed the article in : > > http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Authenticate/Mysql > > > > > > I need to connect squid to external sql server , what do I need to modify > in the helper command ? > > > > I think that the command below : > > ""auth_param basic program /usr/local/squid/libexec/squid_db_auth --user > someuser --password xxxx --plaintext --persist > > > > Shoud include the ip & port of the sql server . > The Data Source Name (--dsn) parameter is the option string passed to the Perl DBI module for locating the database to use. It takes the syntax: "DSN:" driver ":" params The params bit depends on what database driver (type) is. The "mysql" driver uses semi-colon separated key=value pairs. So you can write something like: --dsn "DSN:mysql:host=example.com;port=3306;database=squid" Amos _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users