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NAME

        ext_sql_session_acl - SQL Database session lookup helper for Squid

SYNOPSIS

        ext_sql_session_acl [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Validates an HTTP requests access authorization with a session database.

       Taking an identity token to be validated (as determined by the external_acl_type format)
       it returns a username or tag associated with the identity token passed in.

       Common forms of identifiers are IP address, EUI (MAC) address, passwords, or UUID tokens.

       This program uses Squid concurrency support.

OPTIONS

       --dsn       Database DSN. Default "DBI:mysql:database=squid"

       --user      Database User

       --password  Database password

       --table     Database table. Default "passwd".

       --uidcol    Unique Session Identifier column. Default "id".

       --usercol   External ACL user= result column.

       --tagcol    External ACL tag= result column.

       --cond      Condition, defaults to enabled=1. Specify 1 or "" for no condition

       --persist   Keep a persistent database connection open between queries.

       --debug     Write debug info to stderr.

AUTHOR

       This program and documentation was written by Amos Jeffries <amosjeffries@squid-cache.org>

       Based on original work in DB_auth by Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net> With
       assistance of Nishant Sharma <codemarauder@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT

        * Copyright (C) 1996-2022 The Squid Software Foundation and contributors
        *
        * Squid software is distributed under GPLv2+ license and includes
        * contributions from numerous individuals and organizations.
        * Please see the COPYING and CONTRIBUTORS files for details.

        Copyright (C) 2012 Amos Jeffries <amosjeffries@squid-cache.org>

        This program is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
        terms of the GNU General Public License version 2, or (at your opinion) any
        later version.

QUESTIONS

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

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

SEE ALSO

       squid (8), GPL (7),

       The Squid FAQ wiki http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq

       The Squid Configuration Manual http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/