Re: [squid-users] htpasswd

Abidoon Nadeem wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed squid on the front of our webserver in accelerator mode so
> that all static content is served by squid and the dynamic content
> passed to the webserver at the back. I am using lighttpd at the backend
> and have password protected one of the folders using htpasswd utility.
> After installing squid when I call the protected folder in the browser
> like so www.mysite.com/protectedfolder I get the authentication
> challenge window but when I enter the username and password the window
> comes back. It seems because of squid it is not possible to authenticate
> anymore.
>
> Any help with regards to this issue will be highly appreciated.

I think you need to add the 'login=PASS' option to the cache_peer line
for yoru web server. That way squid knows to trust it with your credentials.
NOTE: that is the exact text 'login=PASS', minus only the quotes.

Amos

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