thanks Nate it worked, it asked for a password before I can browse the net but my problem is I dont have any passwd file I only copied it in /etc/passwd and put it in squid directory and chmod 777. is it right to do that or can someone give me a sample/format of passwd used by squid
regards, Toto Toto Gamez said: > authenticate_program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/passwd > authenticate_children 5 > acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED > > but it doesn work client can browse the internet without any password. > Ismy conf correct or do I missed something > How can I go about it and can you give me some examples I haven't done this before but my suggestion is to look at the http_access directives in squid.conf # TAG: http_access # Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists # # Access to the HTTP port: # http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ... # # Access to the ICP port: # icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ... try http_access allow password and remove the other http_access rules, the main one is probably http_access allow all (don't remove it, just comment it out) be sure to restart squid.. nate
