BASIC_DB_AUTH(8)      User Contributed Perl Documentation     BASIC_DB_AUTH(8)


NAME
        basic_db_auth - Database auth helper for Squid

SYNOPSIS
        basic_db_auth [options]

DESCRIPTION
       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

       --sha1      Database contains unsalted SHA1 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) 1996-2023 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 GNU General Public License version
       2, or (at your opinion) any later version.

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

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

       Report bugs or bug fixes using https://bugs.squid-cache.org/

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

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

SEE ALSO
       squid (8), GPL (7),

       The Squid FAQ wiki https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq

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

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