Yes you can use multiple files with different users in the with one login file. Check out my acl list. http://members.lycos.co.uk/njadmin/ You can even change what they have access to per group.
Jason > -----Original Message----- > From: Glenn Baptista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 6:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [squid-users] Squid Authentication utilising user > group definitions in a separate file > > > Hi, > > I realise that user authentication in squid is done via an external > authentication program (e.g. NCSA module) with the > appropriate password > file. Administratively it is preferable to write Authentication ACLs > using Groups rather than User Names. Hence grouping ACLs are defined > that enumerate users within a group. Each time a new user is added, > besides the passwd file, even the squid.conf file has to be > modified to > add the user to the required group ACL. > > Instead of each time modifying the squid.conf file, is it possible to > utilise another file (e.g. group.conf) where we may define ACLs that > assign users to groups, while maintaining the squid.conf file > constant, > and including the group.conf into squid.conf using some sort of an > include statement? > > I ask this question because I would like to modify the users > automatically through a program, and would prefer to > autogenerate only a > small file, rather than the complete squid.conf where many > options are > unlikely to be changed over time. > > Also is it possible to add the user group(s) directly to the > /squid/etc/passwd file that is used by the NCSA module or is > there some > other authentication module that takes care of user groups? > I am using > RedHat Linux 7.3 and 9. > > > Thanks > > Glenn > >
