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Special Forums UNIX and Linux Applications SQUID proxy : How do I limit internet connectivity to X hrs/day Post 302557620 by togr on Wednesday 21st of September 2011 05:20:29 PM
Old 09-21-2011
SQUID proxy : How do I limit internet connectivity to X hrs/day
Hi Everyone!

A friend of mine is looking for a way to limit time his kids spent on the internet. I told him he should try out Squid proxy server. He now tries to find a way to limit total time spend on the internet to "X" hours a day, at any time during the day.
I remember there are built-in rules in Squid to "open" internet access in certain times of the day (you can say www.site.com is only reachable after 17:00 for example), but there seems no built-in rule to open internet access for total of say 2 hours a day anytime between 8am and 8pm.

I was wondering if someone could throw name of an external plugin/add-on to Squid that would provide such functionality ... ?

Kind regards,
T.
 

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squid_unix_group

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

NAME

       squid_unix_group - Squid UNIX Group external_acl helper

SYNOPSIS

       squid_unix_group [-g groupname] [-g groupname...] [-p]

DESCRIPTION

       This helper allows Squid to base access controls on users memberships in UNIX groups.

       -g groupname
	      Specifies a group name to match.

       -p     Also match the users primary group from /etc/passwd

EXAMPLES

       This squid.conf example defines two Squid acls. usergroup1 matches users in group1, and usergroup2 matches users in group2 or group3

	      external_acl_type unix_group %LOGIN /usr/local/squid/libexec/squid_unix_group -p

	      acl usergroup1 external unix_group group1

	      acl usergroup2 external unix_group group2 group3

NOTES

       By  default  up to 11 groups can be matched in one acl (including commandline specified groups). This limit is defined by MAX_GROUPS in the
       source code.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>

       squid_unix_group is written by Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@geekbunker.org>

KNOWN ISSUES

       Does not understand gid aliased groups sometimes used to work around groups size limitations. If you are using gid aliased groups then  you
       must specify each alias by name.

QUESTIONS

       Any questions on usage can be sent to Squid Users <squid-users@squid-cache.org>

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs or bug-fixes to Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@geekbunker.org> or Squid Developers <squid-dev@squid-cache.org>

SEE ALSO

       group(5),passwd(5)

Squid UNIX Group helper 					  12 August 2002					       squid_unix_group(8)
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