Re: [squid-users] external_acl_type strange behavior

On 2014-02-12 01:31, bazn wrote:
> Hi all
>
> i've written a external_acl_type in perl for managing user/time quotas.
> In
> my squid.conf i manage this like this:
>
> external_acl_type time_quota ttl=60 children-max=1 %LOGIN /usr/bin/perl
> /etc/squid3/cust/quota.pl
>
> the quota.pl now checks with the username given with %LOGIN (i have
> also a
> auth acl before that) if the user still has time to surf or not. If not
> it
> will post a deny info etc. (it's all handled with a mysql db etc.)
>
> Now with just one user logged in it works just wonderful... :-) the
> problem
> starts if there is a second user... squid does forward the %LOGIN only
> from
> the new loged in user. the old one is now just handled like the 2nd
> one.
> same quota etc.
>
> In my debug logs I see squid is telling- 1st user now has the same
> username
> as the 2nd... I don't understand this. I also tried to set the
> children-max
> to more than 1 - still the same.
>
> Did I misunderstood something?
>

What version of Squid?
What authentication type(s) being used?

Where is the username coming from: the auth helper or the external ACL
helper?

Amos
Received on Wed Feb 12 2014 - 00:15:21 MST