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

NAME

       basic_getpwnam_auth - Local Users auth helper for Squid

SYNOPSIS

       basic_getpwnam_auth

DESCRIPTION

       basic_getpwnam_auth  allows  Squid to authenticate any local user accounts to validate the user name and password of Basic HTTP authentica-
       tion.

       It uses getpwnam() and getspnam() routines for authentication.

       This has the following advantages over the NCSA module:

       - Allows authentication of all known local users

       - Allows authentication through nsswitch.conf

       - Can handle NIS(+) requests

       - Can handle LDAP requests

       - Can handle PAM requests

CONFIGURATION

	      auth_param basic program /path/to/basic_getpwnam_auth
	      auth_param basic children concurrency=1

       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_getpwnam_auth
	      chmod u+s basic_getpwnam_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 was written by Erik Hofman <erik.hofman@a1.nl> Robin Elfrink <robin@a1.nl> Giancarlo Razzolini <linux-fan@onda.com.br>

       Based on original code by Jon Thackray <jrmt@uk.gdscorp.com>.

       This manual was written by Amos Jeffries <amosjeffries@squid-cache.org>

COPYRIGHT

       This program and documentation is copyright to the authors named above.

       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),  basic_pam_auth(8), basic_ncsa_auth(8), basic_ldap_auth(8), basic_nis_auth(8), chown(1), chmod(1), nsswitch.conf(5), getpwnam(3),
       getspnam(3), GPL(7),
       The Squid FAQ wiki http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
       The Squid Configuration Manual http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/

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