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Manpage of squid_radius_auth
squid_radius_auth
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: 7 August 2004
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NAME
squid_radius_auth - Squid RADIUS authentication helper
SYNOPSIS
squid_radius_auth
-f configfile
squid_radius_auth
-h "server" [-p port] [-i identifier] -w secret
DESCRIPTION
This helper allows Squid to connect to a RADIUS server to
validate the user name and password of Basic HTTP authentication.
- -f configfile
-
Specifies the path to a configuration file. See the CONFIGURATION section
for details.
- -h server
-
Alternative method of specifying the server to connect to
- -p port
-
Specify another server port where the RADIUS server listens for requests
if different from the default RADIUS port. Normally not specified.
- -i identifier
-
Unique identifier identifying this Squid proxy to the RADIUS server.
If not specified the IP address is used as to identify the proxy.
- -w secret
-
Alternative method of specifying the shared secret. Using the
configuration file is generally more secure and recommended.
- -t timeout
-
RADIUS request timeout. Default 10 seconds.
CONFIGURATION
The configuration specifies how the helper connects to RADIUS.
The file contains a list of directives (one per line). Lines
beginning with a # is ignored.
- server radiusserver
-
specifies the name or address of the RADIUS server to connect to.
- secret somesecretstring
-
specifies the shared RADIUS secret.
- identifier nameofserver
-
specifies what the proxy should identify itsels as to the RADIUS server.
This directive is optional.
- port portnumber
-
Specifies the port number or service name where the helper should connect.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by
Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>
squid_radius_auth is written by
Marc van Selm <selm@cistron.nl>
with contributions from
Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>
and many others
QUESTIONS
Any questions on usage can be sent to
Squid Users <squid-users@squid-cache.org>,
or to your favorite RADIUS list/friend if the question is more related to
RADIUS than Squid.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs or bug-fixes to
Squid Bugs <squid-bugs@squid-cache.org>
or ideas for new improvements to
Squid Developers <squid-dev@squid-cache.org>
SEE ALSO
RFC2058 - Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS)
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- CONFIGURATION
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- AUTHOR
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- QUESTIONS
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- REPORTING BUGS
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- SEE ALSO
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