Remember to restart Squid for the changes to take effect.

Http_access allow ncsa_users business_hours Once again, the order of the statements is important: #Īcl business_hours time M T W H F 9:00-17:00 # Add this at the top of the http_access section of nfĥ) This requires password authentication and allows access only during business hours. # Add this to the bottom of the ACL section of nf # Add this to the auth_param section of nfĪuth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/squid_passwd Here's a simple user authentication example the order of the statements is important: # Finally, create an http_access entry that allows traffic that matches the ncsa_users ACL entry. Next, create an ACL named ncsa_users with the REQUIRED keyword that forces Squid to use the NCSA auth_param method you defined previously. tmp]# locate tmp]#Ĥ) Edit nf specifically, you need to define the authentication program in nf, which is in this case ncsa_auth. In this case, you add a username called www: tmp]# htpasswd /etc/squid/squid_passwd wwwģ) Find your ncsa_auth file using the locate command. You can add users at anytime without having to restart Squid. tmp]# touch tmp]# chmod o+r /etc/squid/squid_passwdĢ) Use the htpasswd program to add users to the password file.

The name of the password file should be /etc/squid/squid_passwd, and you need to make sure that it's universally readable. Here is how it's done:ġ) Create the password file. You can use the htpasswd program that comes installed with Apache to create your passwords.

Squid comes with a program called ncsa_auth that reads any NCSA-compliant encrypted password file.

You can configure Squid to prompt users for a username and password.

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