Re: [squid-users] Logging user names

Mark Worsdall <squid@wizdom.org.uk> on Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:56:25 +0100 wrote:

> I have done what you want, basically my system follows the following
> rules:-
>
> Everyone (Students/Staff) have to validate themselves before the get
> Internet access, this happens in the form of them being presented with
> logon prompt if they access the Internet.
>
> Once staff validated they can access the Internet at anytime.
>
> Once student validated they can access the Internet within curriculum
> time.
>
> Unless ANY user is trying to access a banned site.
>
> This is done on a proper UNIX system (FreeBSD) with a script that runs
> from cron every 15minutes though it can be done more or less. I am sure
> the script will work on Linux (I know it does) (Just a FreeBSD / Linux
> prod going on there) :-)
>
> The perl script simply extracts staff and students from the main
> password file and writes it to a staff & student file, each contains
> username and password.

Thanks very much Mark but my students don't have accounts on the Linux box.
So unfortunately they don't have entries in the password file.

Regards,

Peter
Received on Mon Jul 02 2001 - 18:12:05 MDT