ncsa_auth(8)                                              User Manuals                                              ncsa_auth(8)



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 pass-
       word 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 <rrbrancoATbr.com>



User Manuals                                              May 16, 2006                                              ncsa_auth(8)