Proxy setting in squid

[vinaytp]

Hi all,

I am configuring a proxy server in my desktop, which in turn passthough a proxy ( parent proxy ).

I have added following line for this

cache_peer proxy.tcs.com parent 8080 0 proxy-only default

But for parent proxy, we have to specify username and password in this line, I am confused here.

login=userassword | PASS | *assword

Here where I have to enter username and password ?

Can anyone please suggest me with this ?

[Roxoff]

This information is here on the squid cache documentation website.

It says you specify this:

cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]

and for options, it says:

	    options: proxy-only
		     ...
		     login=user:password | PASS | *:password
		     ...

So you specify this line at the end of the line either in place of, or after, the 'default'.

So if your parent proxy user-name is 'me' and your password is 'pass', you'd probably just need to use:

cache_peer proxy.tcs.com parent 8080 0 proxy-only default login=me:pass

You know that you'll be unlocking your company's cache by doing this, unless you require users to use a password when they connect to your proxy, don't you?