Thank you amos , but I have an issue with connection : Here is my mysql info : ======== grant select on squid.* to 'squid'@'%' identified by 'squid'; ===================== mysql> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | mysql | | squid | +--------------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> use squid Database changed mysql> ; ERROR: No query specified mysql> show tables; +-----------------+ | Tables_in_squid | +-----------------+ | passwd | +-----------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select from * passwd; ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'from * passwd' at line 1 mysql> select * from passwd; +--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+ | user | password | enabled | fullname | comment | +--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+ | Nikesh | test | 1 | Test User | for testing purpose | +--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> show GRANTS FOR 'squid' -> ; +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Grants for squid@% | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'squid'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD '*AFD42D37182BDB40880BEF624CC64B0F4A1E35B4' | | GRANT SELECT ON `squid`.* TO 'squid'@'%' | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> =========================================== now on the squid box , I do the conection below : here is the connection from remote squid: /lib/squid/basic_db_auth --dsn "DBI:mysql:database=squid:host=x.x189.177" --user "squid" --password "squid" --table "user" --usercol "user" --passwdcol "password" --cond "" --plaintext DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Table 'squid.user' doesn't exist at /lib/squid/basic_db_auth line 215, <> line 1. DBD::mysql::st execute failed: MySQL server has gone away at /lib/squid/basic_db_auth line 218, <> line 1. ERR database error DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Table 'squid.user' doesn't exist at /lib/squid/basic_db_auth line 215, <> line 2. DBD::mysql::st execute failed: MySQL server has gone away at /lib/squid/basic_db_auth line 218, <> line 2. ERR database error DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Table 'squid.user' doesn't exist at /lib/squid/basic_db_auth line 215, <> line 3. DBD::mysql::st execute failed: MySQL server has gone away at /lib/squid/basic_db_auth line 218, <> line 3. ERR database error DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Table 'squid.user' doesn't exist at /lib/squid/basic_db_auth line 215, <> line 4. DBD::mysql::st execute failed: MySQL server has gone away at /lib/squid/basic_db_auth line 218, <> line 4. ERR database error ^C Selinux , iptables are down on both mahcines . Any other things we need to look @ ?????? The question is being asked , is it suid or mysql issue?? Wt other thing need to check ? ========== squid -v Squid Cache: Version 3.5.1 Service Name: squid configure options: '--prefix=/usr' '--includedir=/include' '--mandir=/share/man' '--infodir=/share/info' '--sysconfdir=/etc' '--enable-cachemgr-hostname=drx' '--localstatedir=/var' '--libexecdir=/lib/squid' '--disable-maintainer-mode' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--disable-silent-rules' '--srcdir=.' '--datadir=/usr/share/squid' '--sysconfdir=/etc/squid' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--enable-inline' '--enable-async-io=8' '--enable-storeio=ufs,aufs,diskd,rock' '--enable-removal-policies=lru,heap' '--enable-delay-pools' '--enable-cache-digests' '--enable-underscores' '--enable-icap-client' '--enable-follow-x-forwarded-for' '--enable-auth' '--enable-basic-auth-helpers=LDAP,MSNT,NCSA,PAM,SASL,SMB,YP,DB,POP3,getpwnam,squid_radius_auth,multi-domain-NTLM' '--enable-ntlm-auth-helpers=smb_lm' '--enable-digest-auth-helpers=ldap,password' '--enable-negotiate-auth-helpers=squid_kerb_auth' '--enable-esi' '--disable-translation' '--with-logdir=/var/log/squid' '--with-pidfile=/var/run/squid.pid' '--with-filedescriptors=131072' '--with-large-files' '--with-default-user=squid' '--enable-linux-netfilter' '--enable-ltdl-convenience' '--enable-ssl' '--enable-ssl-crtd' '--enable-arp-acl' 'CXXFLAGS=-DMAXTCPLISTENPORTS=20000' '--with-openssl' '--enable-snmp' [root@squid ~]# ================================== Thanks again for help -----Original Message----- From: squid-users [mailto:squid-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amos Jeffries Sent: Monday, February 9, 2015 4:15 PM To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: squid authentication to remote sql server 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 _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users