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basic_ncsa_auth – NCSA httpd-style password file authentication helper for Squid

Synopsis

basic_ncsa_auth passwd file

Description

basic_ncsa_auth allows Squid to read and authenticate user and password information from an NCSA/Apache httpd-style password file when using basic HTTP authentication.

This password file can be manipulated using htpasswd.

This authenticator accepts: * Blowfish – for passwords 72 characters or less in length * SHA256 – with salting and magic strings * SHA512 – with salting and magic strings * MD5 – with optional salt and magic strings * DES – for passwords 8 characters or less in length NOTE: Blowfish and SHA algorithms require system-specific support.

Options

The only parameter is the password file. It must have permissions to be read by the user that Squid is running as.

Configuration

basic_ncsa_auth /etc/squid/squid.pass

basic_ncsa_auth must have access to the password file to be executed.

Known Issues

DES functionality (used by htpasswd by default) silently truncates passwords to 8 characters. Allowing login with password values shorter than the one desired. This authenticator will reject login with long passwords when using DES.

Author

This manual was written by Amos Jeffries <amosjeffries [at] squid-cache.org>

Based on original documentation by Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rrbranco [at] br.ibm.com>

Copyright

* Copyright (C) 1996-2016 The Squid Software Foundation and contributors
*
* Squid software is distributed under GPLv2+ license and includes
* contributions from numerous individuals and organizations.
* Please see the COPYING and CONTRIBUTORS files for details.

This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this file; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

Questions

Questions on the usage of this program can be sent to the Squid Users mailing list <squid-users [at] squid-cache.org>

Reporting Bugs

Bug reports need to be made in English. See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/BugReporting for details of what you need to include with your bug report.

Report bugs or bug fixes using http://bugs.squid-cache.org/

Report serious security bugs to Squid Bugs <squid-bugs [at] squid-cache.org>

Report ideas for new improvements to the Squid Developers mailing list <squid-dev [at] squid-cache.org>

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