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 authentication.

       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  cannot 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

        * Copyright (C) 1996-2023 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.

       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@lists.squid-cache.org>

REPORTING BUGS

       Bug  reports  need  to  be  made  in English.  See https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/BugReporting for
       details of what you need to include with your bug report.

       Report bugs or bug fixes using https://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),  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 https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
       The Squid Configuration Manual http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/

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