NAME¶

ncsa_auth - NCSA httpd-style password file authentication helper for Squid

SYNOPSIS¶

ncsa_auth passwdfile 

DESCRIPTION¶

ncsa_auth allows Squid to read and authenticate user and password information from an NCSA httpd-style password file when using basic HTTP authentication.

The only parameter is the password file. It must have permissions to be read by the user that Squid is running as. By default this user is proxy. This can be changed using the cache_effective_user directive in the squid.conf file.

This password file can be manipulated using htpasswd.

* MD5 - with optional salt and magic strings * DES - for passwords 8 characters or less in length

OPTIONS¶

Only specify the password file name.

EXAMPLE¶

ncsa_auth /etc/squid/squid.pass

SECURITY¶

ncsa_auth must have access to the password file to be executed.

KNOWN ISSUES¶

DES functionality (used by htpasswd by default) silently truncates passwords to 8 characters. Allowing login with password values shorter than the one desired. This authenticator will reject login with long passwords when using DES.

SEE ALSO¶

htpasswd(1), squid(8)

AUTHOR¶

Manpage written by Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rrbranco@br.ibm.com>