basic_db_auth (8)

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NAME

 basic_db_auth - Database auth helper for Squid

SYNOPSIS

 basic_db_auth [options]

DESCRIPTOIN

This program verifies username & password to a database

OPTIONS

--debug

Write debug info to stderr.

--dsn

Database

DSN.

Default ``DBI:mysql:database=squid''

--user

Database User

--password

Database password

--table

Database table. Default ``passwd''.

--usercol

Username column. Default ``user''.

--passwdcol

Password column. Default ``password''.

--cond

Condition, defaults to enabled=1. Specify 1 or "" for no condition If you use --joomla flag, this condition will be changed to block=0

--plaintext

Database contains plain-text passwords

--md5

Database contains unsalted md5 passwords

--salt

Selects the correct salt to evaluate passwords

--persist

Keep a persistent database connection open between queries.

--joomla

Tells helper that user database is Joomla

DB.

So their unusual salt hashing is understood.

AUTHOR

This program was written by Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net> and Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz <dlucio@okay.com.mx>

This manual was written by Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>

COPYRIGHT

 * Copyright (C) 1996-2016 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) 2007 Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net> Copyright (C) 2010 Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz <dlucio@okay.com.mx> (Joomla support) This program is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the

General Public License version 2, or (at youropinion) any later version.

QUESTIONS

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

REPORTING BUGS

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

Report bugs or bug fixes using bugs.squid-cache.org

Report serious security bugs to Squid Bugs <squid-bugs@squid-cache.org>

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

SEE ALSO

squid (8), (7),

The Squid

wiki wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq

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