[plug] Squid and samba and NT domains

[Ian Kent]

At 08:35 PM 29-04-99 +0800, Bill Cullen wrote something like:

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>Some of us have suggested that there might be a better way (cheaper
>and faster). We are suggesting that they use squid for the proxy. We

About $4000 cheaper at my last count.

>have also said that squid should be able to authenticate users using
>samba. If we add a samba server to there domain and have it act as a

No. Samba is an independent package that can pass on authication to an NT
server.

>bdc will squid then authenticate using the NT domain information?

No. You can, however use proxy-authentication. Refer to Squid FAQ 10.2 and
10.3.

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Ian Kent