1ncsa_auth(8)                     User Manuals                     ncsa_auth(8)
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NAME

6       ncsa_auth  -  NCSA  httpd-style password file authentication helper for
7       Squid
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SYNOPSIS

10       ncsa_auth passwdfile
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DESCRIPTION

13       ncsa_auth allows Squid to  read  and  authenticate  user  and  password
14       information  from  an  NCSA  httpd-style password file when using basic
15       HTTP authentication.
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17       The only parameter is the password file.  It must have  permissions  to
18       be  read  by the user that Squid is running as. By default this user is
19       proxy. This can be changed using the cache_effective_user directive  in
20       the squid.conf file.
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22       This password file can be manipulated using htpasswd.
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24         * MD5 - with optional salt and magic strings  * DES - for passwords 8
25       characters or less in length
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OPTIONS

28       Only specify the password file name.
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EXAMPLE

31       ncsa_auth /etc/squid/squid.pass
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SECURITY

34       ncsa_auth must have access to the password file to be executed.
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KNOWN ISSUES

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

43       htpasswd(1), squid(8)
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AUTHOR

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