Hi Adam, >I noticed that you specify a proxy_auth acl, but don't show the >http_access line that utilizes it. You haven't shown us all your acl >and http_access lines; please post your entire squid.conf (please >remove any blank lines or comments first).
Thanks for the response. Here's my entire squid.conf file. ------------------------------------------------------------------ shutdown_lifetime 5 seconds icp_port 0 http_port 192.168.10.254:800 acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? no_cache deny QUERY cache_effective_user squid cache_effective_group squid pid_filename /var/run/squid.pid cache_access_log /var/log/squid/access.log cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log cache_store_log /var/log/squid/store.log log_mime_hdrs off forwarded_for off authenticate_program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/passwd acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 acl cmie dstdomain .cmie.com .ibainternational.org acl chpass url_regex ^http://192.168.10.254:81/cgi-bin/chpasswd.cgi$ acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 acl localnet src 192.168.10.0/255.255.255.0 acl admin-mc src 192.168.10.1 acl staff-mc src 192.168.10.201-192.168.10.220 acl restrict-im dstdom_regex -i "/etc/squid/im" acl holiday-time time M 00:00-24:00 acl morning-time time STWHFA 07:00-09:00 acl noon-time time STWHFA 11:00-17:00 acl night-time time STWHFA 21:00-24:00 acl SSL_ports port 443 563 acl Safe_ports port 80 21 443 563 70 210 280 488 591 777 800 1025-65535 acl fw-port port 81 acl CONNECT method CONNECT acl porn dstdom_regex -i "/etc/squid/porn1" acl blockedsites dstdom_regex -i "/etc/squid/blocked_sites" acl blockedwords url_regex -i "/etc/squid/blocked_words" acl student proxy_auth "/etc/squid/students" acl admin proxy_auth fwadmin http_access allow restrict-im admin-mc http_access allow restrict-im staff-mc http_access allow holiday-time restrict-im localnet http_access allow morning-time restrict-im localnet http_access allow noon-time restrict-im localnet http_access allow night-time restrict-im localnet http_access deny restrict-im all http_access allow localhost http_access allow cmie localnet http_access allow chpass student http_access allow admin-mc http_access allow fw-port admin localnet http_access deny fw-port http_access deny blockedsites http_access deny blockedwords http_access deny porn http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow staff-mc http_access allow student localnet http_access allow localnet http_access deny all maximum_object_size 4096 KB minimum_object_size 0 KB cache_mem 2000 KB cache_dir ufs /var/log/cache 50 16 256 request_body_max_size 0 KB reply_body_max_size 0 KB ------------------------------------------------------------------ /etc/squid/students has a list of all the students /etc/squid/im has the following lines: msg.*.yahoo.com messenger.hotmail.com /etc/squid/porn1 has a list of banned sites /etc/squid/blocked_words has \.pif$ \.mp3$ \+mp3$ \.wav$ \.mpeg$ /etc/squid/blocked_sites has mp3.com downloadmusic.com musicindia.com games.yahoo.com Regards, Manu