- I'm using redhat linux el5 32bit, i'm using squid proxy server, using chpassword notworking. this is problem Could not open passwd file: /etc/squid/hpasswd.
- However squid is not equipped with password authentication. You need to take help of authentication helpers. Following are included by default in most squid and most Linux distros. Configure nsca_auth for squid proxy authentication. Now open /etc/squid/squid.conf file # vi /etc/squid/squid.conf Append (or modify). then I edit the file /etc/squid/passwd and I see the user1:5T6uud*9?h so I assume that that’s the username and password, but it don’t work.
- CentOS Subversion, Basic Auth Password file not working. up vote 2 down vote favorite. So i have SVN installed and using HTTPD for a remote repository. This is not working at all. Apache's error_log says (13) Permission Denied: Could not open password file. I have set the passwd file's chmod to 777 and chown to apache, I also set the parent folder of the repo and passwd file to chown apache and chmod 777. I have no clue how this is a permissions problem anymore.
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- The /etc/passwd file is a text file that describes user login accounts for the system. It should have read permission allowed for all users (many utilities, like ls(1) use it to map user IDs to usernames), but write access only for the superuser. If the encrypted password in /etc/passwd is '*NP*' (without the quotes), the shadow record should be obtained from an NIS+ server.
Cent. OS Subversion, Basic Auth Password file not working. So i have SVN installed and using HTTPD for a remote repository.
All works well, until i use the password file. This is not working at all. Apache's error_log says(1.
Permission Denied: Could not open password file. I have set the passwd file's chmod to 7. I also set the parent folder of the repo and passwd file to chown apache and chmod 7. I have no clue how this is a permissions problem anymore.. UPDATEI took SVN out of it, and just implemented a standard basic auth on one of my domains< Virtual. Host *: 8. 0>. Server. Name domain. com.
With shadow passwords, the ``/etc/passwd'' file contains account information, and looks like this.
Server. Alias www. Document. Root "/var/www/www. Directory "/var/www/www. Options - Indexes. Order allow,deny.
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Host>. I created the password file like thishtpasswd - cm /path/to/authfile. And finallyservice httpd restart. Lo and behold, the auth prompt works as before, but the username and password DOES NOT! This is rather frustrating, i have double checked all the permissions, owners etc of the password file and parent folder, but i still get(1.
Permission Denied: Could not open password file. In the error_log for Apache.
C an you explain /etc/passwd file format for Linux and UNIX operating systems? /etc/passwd file stores essential information, which is required during login i.e. user account information. /etc/passwd is a text file, that contains a list of the system’s accounts, giving for each account some useful information like user ID, group ID, home directory, shell, etc.
Squid proxy authentication using ncsa_auth helper. For fine control you may need to use Squid proxy server authentication.
This will only allow authorized users to use proxy server. You need to use proxy_auth ACLs to configure ncsa_auth module. Browsers send the user’s authentication in the Authorization request header.
If Squid gets a request and the http_access rule list gets to a proxy_auth ACL, Squid looks for the Authorization header. If the header is present, Squid decodes it and extracts a username and password. However squid is not equipped with password authentication. You need to take help of authentication helpers. Following are included by default in most squid and most Linux distros: => NCSA: Uses an NCSA- style username and password file.=> LDAP: Uses the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol=> MSNT: Uses a Windows NT authentication domain.=> PAM: Uses the Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules scheme.=> SMB: Uses a SMB server like Windows NT or Samba.=> getpwam: Uses the old- fashioned Unix password file.=> SASL: Uses SALS libraries.=> NTLM, Negotiate and Digest authentication.
Configure an NCSA- style username and password authentication. I am going to assume that squid is installed and working fine.
Tip: Before going further, test basic Squid functionality. Make sure squid is functioning without requiring authorization : )Step # 1: Create a username/password. First create a NCSA password file using htpasswd command. Output: New password. Re- type new password.
Adding password for user user. Make sure squid can read passwd file: # chmod o+r /etc/squid/passwd.
Step # 2: Locate nsca_auth authentication helper. Usually nsca_auth is located at /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth. You can find out location using rpm (Redhat,Cent. OS,Fedora) or dpkg (Debian and Ubuntu) command: # dpkg - L squid | grep ncsa_auth. Output. /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth. If you are using RHEL/Cent.
OS/Fedora Core or RPM based distro try: # rpm - ql squid | grep ncsa_auth. Output. /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth. Step # 3: Configure nsca_auth for squid proxy authentication. Now open /etc/squid/squid.
Append (or modify) following configration directive: auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/passwdauth_param basic children 5auth_param basic realm Squid proxy- caching web serverauth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hoursauth_param basic casesensitive off. Also find out your ACL section and append/modifyacl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIREDhttp_access allow ncsa_users. Save and close the file.
Where,auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/ncsa_auth /etc/squid/passwd : Specify squid password file and helper program locationauth_param basic children 5 : The number of authenticator processes to spawn. Squid proxy- caching web server : Part of the text the user will see when prompted their username and passwordauth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours : Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated username: password pair is valid for – in other words how often the helper program is called for that user with password prompt. It is set to 2 hours.
Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. It can be on or off onlyacl ncsa_users proxy_auth REQUIRED : The REQURIED term means that any authenticated user will match the ACL named ncsa_usershttp_access allow ncsa_users : Allow proxy access only if user is successfully authenticated. Restart squid: # /etc/init. Now user is prompted for username and password.