On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 11:56 +0800, Steve wrote: > Hi ALL, > > I am new to squid and wondering anyone could help about how the squid > get username from the OS environment. > > Did the browser send anything to squid to tell it about the client > identity? or squid will resolve the identity based on the source ip > addresses?
It can be both, usually it's the former. > I have a scenario here: I wish i can define a set of acl rules based on > username in squid. Since the client is not using standard authentication > method of any kind, i am thinking if the squid can be modified to > resolve the username based on client's source ip address. for your > information, the client may anyhow loggin via web page and be > authenticated locally by the an self written easy authentication > service. means, the username can be obtained locally by squid. i am > hoping that the squid can then filter the traffic based on the > predefined acl (using username). any other suggestion in accomplishing this? You might want to check the ident protocol and related RFCs. -- Kinkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
