user pam_auth instead to ncsa_auth if you dont want to create users from htpasswd... pam_auth uses users from /etc/shadow...
auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/pam_auth auth_param basic children 5 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours auth_param basic casesensitive off acl pam_users proxy_auth REQUIRED http_access allow pam_users and in case you are using selinux (Security Enhanced Linux.. you need to turn on a boolean squid_disable_trans that is setsebool -P squid_disable_trans=1 --- In [email protected], "Ravi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i have made up a squid proxy server, and i require an authentication > for whoever uses the proxy-server. Is it necessary that the user can > only be made with htpasswd command. Isn't there any other way for > authentication for browsing. Coz for that you require an apache server > which is not available on my server. > > > Throw some light. >
