thanks for the quick reply.I made the changes accordingly as follows :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------....# Set up the session helper in active mode. Mind the wrap - this is one line:external_acl_type session ipv4 concurrency=100 ttl=3 %SRC /usr/lib64/squid/ext_session_acl -a -T 60 -b /var/lib/squid/session/# Pass the LOGIN command to the session helper with this ACLacl session_login external session LOGIN# Normal session ACL as per simple exampleacl session_is_active external session# ACL to match URLacl clicked_login_url url_regex -i ^http://example.net/$# First check for the login URL. If present, login sessionhttp_access allow clicked_login_url session_login# If we get here, URL not present, so renew session or deny request.http_access deny !session_is_active# Deny page to displaydeny_info 511:http://example.net/ session_is_active---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------but, after the squid restart it fails with following error :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Feb 09 22:40:31 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting Squid caching proxy...Feb 09 22:40:31 localhost.localdomain squid[4561]: 2015/02/09 22:40:31| *FATAL: status 511 requires a template on '511:http://example.net/'*Feb 09 22:40:31 localhost.localdomain squid[4561]:*FATAL: Bungled /etc/squid/squid.conf line 114: deny_info 511:http://example.net/ session_is_active*Feb 09 22:40:31 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: squid.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1Feb 09 22:40:31 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Squid caching proxy.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Portal-Splash-Pages-example-on-squid-3-3-13-tp4669634p4669651.html Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users