Re: [squid-users] PAM authentication problem

Have you configured the "squid" PAM service to connect to your preferred
password database source?

See /etc/pam.d/

Note: If you are authenticating agains the UNIX shadow password database,
then Squid pam_auth needs to run setuid root.

Regards
Henrik Nordstr�m

On Thursday 27 December 2001 20.27, Stefano Borali wrote:
> Hi to all!
>
> I've got problem using PAM authentication module.
> I've got a squid running on a RedHat 7.2 box and I've compiled the pam_auth
> program to use but it doesnt'authenticate users.
>
> In the squid.conf file I've put the line
>
> authentication_program /path/pam_auth
>
> and in the acl
>
> acl myname proxy_auth REQUIRED
> http_access allow myname
>
> but it doesn't work
>
> When I try to use it, appear the authentication message box but after
> inserted the name and password it show me angain the same auth and then it
> fails.
>
> Please tell me which string I have to change in squid.conf file and which
> file I have to put in the pam.d directory since the example in pam_auth.c
> show a string to put in pam.conf that is not more used in 7.2 or 7.1 RedHat
> distribution
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Stefano

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