> > Hi > > We have just installed squid 2.5 on redhat 9 using the > default ncsa_auth > > Squid seems to be working fine. When a client requests an > internet page, > the browser pops up the basic authentication window and on successful > authentication, squid serves the request. > But Im not able to automatically authenticate to squid using the 'url > login' format. ie if I request a webpage using - > http://username:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/some_page , the browser > still throws > up the basic authentication window (meaning squid was not able to > authenticate me). > > What could be the problem. I have tried to encode the > username pasword in > the url using base64 but no luck. Btw I have tried using IE6, > Opera7 and > Netscape4.7 with all failing in simillar manner. > These are 2 different things. Your expample relates to auth. data needed for some remote sites.
This has nothing to do with locat authentication >before using< squid. M.
