Thanks for the help I configured the squid server as belows authenticate_programme /usr/lib/squid/squid_ldap_auth 192.168.6.10
acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED http_access allow password 192.168.6.10 is the ip of my novell eDirectory server any options such as -b/-dc didnt work ./squid_ldap_auth 192.168.6.10 also gave errors squid version is squid 2.4 S5 Any help mostly appriciated Regs Chanaka > On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi all >> I need to authenticate squid to give permission for novell >> domain users. >> can i use squid_ldap_auth for this purpose along with eDirectory? > > Yes. > >> Do i have to install eDirectory on my squid box or would installing it >> on the novell server would br enough. > > The server is sufficient. eDirectory has a LDAP interface and this is > what squid_ldap_auth uses. > >> I could not find any good docs in the web. >> Any docs regarding this would be mostly appreciated. > > The squid_ldap_auth manual tries to explain most of what is involved, > but assumes you know how your directory presents itself via LDAP. (what > attribute the login name is stored in, the base DN of your directory > and some other basic LDAP details is required to configure > squid_ldap_auth). > > Regards > Henrik
