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4 basic_getpwnam_auth \- Local Users auth helper for Squid
7 .if !'po4a'hide' .B basic_getpwnam_auth
10 .B basic_getpwnam_auth
11 allows Squid to authenticate any local user accounts
12 to validate the user name and password of Basic HTTP authentication.
18 routines for authentication.
20 This has the following advantages over the NCSA module:
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22 \- Allows authentication of all known local users
25 \- Allows authentication through nsswitch.conf
28 \- Can handle NIS(+) requests
31 \- Can handle LDAP requests
34 \- Can handle PAM requests
38 .if !'po4a'hide' .B auth_param basic program /path/to/basic_getpwnam_auth
40 .if !'po4a'hide' .B auth_param basic children concurrency=1
43 When used for authenticating to local UNIX shadow password databases
44 the program must be running as root or else it won't have sufficient
45 permissions to access the user password database. Such use of this
46 program is not recommended, but if you absolutely need to then make
51 .if !'po4a'hide' .B chown root basic_getpwnam_auth
53 .if !'po4a'hide' .B chmod u+s basic_getpwnam_auth
56 Please note that in such configurations it is also strongly recommended
57 that the program is moved into a directory where normal users cannot
58 access it, as this mode of operation will allow any local user to
59 brute-force other users passwords. Also note the program has not been
60 fully audited and the author cannot be held responsible for any security
61 issues due to such installations.
64 This program was written by
65 .if !'po4a'hide' .I Erik Hofman <erik.hofman@a1.nl>
66 .if !'po4a'hide' .I Robin Elfrink <robin@a1.nl>
67 .if !'po4a'hide' .I Giancarlo Razzolini <linux-fan@onda.com.br>
69 Based on original code by
70 .if !'po4a'hide' .I Jon Thackray <jrmt@uk.gdscorp.com>.
72 This manual was written by
73 .if !'po4a'hide' .I Amos Jeffries <amosjeffries@squid-cache.org>
77 * Copyright (C) 1996-2023 The Squid Software Foundation and contributors
79 * Squid software is distributed under GPLv2+ license and includes
80 * contributions from numerous individuals and organizations.
81 * Please see the COPYING and CONTRIBUTORS files for details.
83 This program and documentation is copyright to the authors named above.
85 Distributed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL) version 2 or later (GPLv2+).
88 Questions on the usage of this program can be sent to the
89 .I Squid Users mailing list
90 .if !'po4a'hide' <squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org>
93 Bug reports need to be made in English.
94 See https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/BugReporting for details of what you need to include with your bug report.
96 Report bugs or bug fixes using https://bugs.squid-cache.org/
98 Report serious security bugs to
99 .I Squid Bugs <squid-bugs@lists.squid-cache.org>
101 Report ideas for new improvements to the
102 .I Squid Developers mailing list
103 .if !'po4a'hide' <squid-dev@lists.squid-cache.org>
106 .if !'po4a'hide' .BR squid "(8), "
107 .if !'po4a'hide' .BR basic_pam_auth "(8), "
108 .if !'po4a'hide' .BR basic_ncsa_auth "(8), "
109 .if !'po4a'hide' .BR basic_ldap_auth "(8), "
110 .if !'po4a'hide' .BR basic_nis_auth "(8), "
111 .if !'po4a'hide' .BR chown "(1), "
112 .if !'po4a'hide' .BR chmod "(1), "
113 .if !'po4a'hide' .BR nsswitch.conf "(5), "
114 .if !'po4a'hide' .BR getpwnam "(3), "
115 .if !'po4a'hide' .BR getspnam "(3), "
116 .if !'po4a'hide' .BR GPL "(7), "
119 .if !'po4a'hide' https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
121 The Squid Configuration Manual
122 .if !'po4a'hide' http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/