Thank's for the info David. I myself have also been grappling with the same problem as everyone else. Is there a possibility you could list a simple step-by-step of what you did to have the install work right on your machine? I know I would find it very helpful :) If I can replicate it on my box, I even promise to write up a howto document. Bob "David Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/05/2001 10:12:05 AM To: "e-smith devinfo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Robert Boerner/TMCC/Toyota) Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Proxy authentication methods [was Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Squid proxy features] Finally, a subject comes up on this list where I know what I am talking about... ;o) > I have installed smb_auth but cannot seem to get it work... currenlty I am e-mailing the author. I have been using smb-auth since e-smith 3.1. It was one of the first things I had to do to get the bosses to agree to any sort of internet access at all. > I installed the rpm.... rpmfind.net. All went ok except it asked for Squid > ver2??? I forced the install. I setup squid.conf & placed my proxyauth file > into my netlogon directory..... All it did was block access to squid > completely...? Are you sure you have your ACL right? Do all the users have "read" rights on the proxyauth file? If not, I compiled from source: there may be a difference with the RPM version. For my set up I have the following changes to squid.conf (template of course!) "TAG: authenticate_program" is set to "authenticate_program /usr/bin/smb_auth -W DOMAIN" I added an ACL entry: "acl AUTH_REQD proxy_auth REQUIRED" and I only have 2 http_access statements after the "INSERT YOUR OWN RULES HERE": http_access allow SMRO http_access deny all > I have found that there is another possible authentication method using > mysql ... is this an alternate? > Does Squid come with built authentication...? NCSA? Never bothered trying the others: this works perfectly, and it is one less password for my users to forget. There are quite a few that come with the source for Squid 2.4, all listed at http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-23.html Regards Dave Evans IT Administrator Shannon MRO -- This list is archived To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]