[squid-users] Unable to explain 407 Proxy Authentication Required

[Amos Jeffries]

On 9/07/24 02:39, Random Dude wrote:
> Hey everyone.
> 
> I'm trying to get a minimal forward proxy with authentication set up. I 
> have the following config (purposely kept as minimal as possible) and 
> have followed these steps - 
> https://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Authenticate/ 
> <https://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Authenticate/>
> 
> squid.conf ---
> auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/basic_ncsa_auth 
> /etc/squid/passwords auth_param basic children 5 auth_param basic 
> credentialsttl 1 minute acl CONNECT method CONNECT acl auth proxy_auth 
> REQUIRED http_port 3128 http_access deny !auth http_access allow auth 
> http_access deny all
> ---
> 
> However, no matter what I do I always get a 407 Proxy Authentication 
> Required response from the proxy. I've been testing with "curl -v -U 
> <usernamen>:<password> -x localhost:3128 <url>" I must be missing 
> something very simple so what am I doing wrong?
> 

The config above is correct. So whatever the issue, it is not Squid.

I would start with a check to see if the login you are testing with is 
correctly encoded in the passwords file.

This command line should tell you that:

  echo "username password" | \
  /usr/lib/squid/basic_ncsa_auth /etc/squid/passwords


HTH
Amos