basic_pam_auth(8)					      System Manager's Manual						 basic_pam_auth(8)

NAME

       basic_pam_auth - Squid PAM Basic authentication helper

SYNOPSIS

       basic_pam_auth [-n service name	TTL ] [-o] [-1]

DESCRIPTION

       basic_pam_auth  allows Squid to connect to a mostly any available PAM database to validate the user name and password of Basic HTTP authen-
       tication.

OPTIONS

       -s  service-name
		   Specifies the PAM service name Squid uses, defaults to squid

       -t  TTL	   Enables persistent PAM connections where the connection to the PAM database is kept open and reused for  new  logins.  The  TTL
		   specifies  how  long  the  connection will be kept open (in seconds).  Default is to not keep PAM connections open. Please note
		   that the use of persistent PAM connections is slightly outside the PAM specification and may not work with all  PAM	configura-
		   tions.

       -o	   Do not perform the PAM account management group (account expiration etc)

CONFIGURATION

       The program needs a PAM service to be configured in /etc/pam.conf or /etc/pam.d/squid

       The  default  service  name  is	squid , and the program makes use of the auth and account management groups to verify the password and the
       accounts validity.

       For details on how to configure PAM services, see the PAM documentation for your system. This  manual  does  not  cover	PAM  configuration
       details.

NOTES

       When  used  for authenticating to local UNIX shadow password databases the program must be running as root or else it won't have sufficient
       permissions to access the user password database. Such use of this program is not recommended, but if you absolutely need to then make  the
       program setuid root

	      chown root basic_pam_auth
	      chmod u+s basic_pam_auth

       Please  note that in such configurations it is also strongly recommended that the program is moved into a directory where normal users can-
       not access it, as this mode of operation will allow any local user to brute-force other users passwords. Also note the program has not been
       fully audited and the author cannot be held responsible for any security issues due to such installations.

AUTHOR

       This program and documentation was written by Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Squid  basic_pam_auth  and this manual is Copyright 1999,2002,2003 Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org> Distributed under the GNU General
       Public License (GNU GPL) version 2 or later (GPLv2+).

QUESTIONS

       Questions on the usage of this program can be sent to the Squid Users mailing list <squid-users@squid-cache.org>

REPORTING BUGS

       Bug reports need to be made in English.	See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/BugReporting for details of what you need to include with
       your bug report.

       Report bugs or bug fixes using http://bugs.squid-cache.org/

       Report serious security bugs to Squid Bugs <squid-bugs@squid-cache.org>

       Report ideas for new improvements to the Squid Developers mailing list <squid-dev@squid-cache.org>

SEE ALSO

       squid(8), pam(3), pam.conf(5), chown(1), chmod(1), GPL(7),
       PAM Systems Administrator Guide
       The Squid FAQ wiki http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
       The Squid Configuration Manual http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/

								    5 Sep 2003							 basic_pam_auth(8)