[squid-users] squidclient -h 127.0.0.1 -p 3128 mgr:info shows access denined

[Amos Jeffries]

On 11/07/24 06:08, Alex Rousskov wrote:
> On 2024-07-10 12:55, Jonathan Lee wrote:
> 
>>> Embedding a password in a cache manager command requires providing a
>>> username with -U
> 
>> squidclient -w /squid-internal-mgr/info -u admin
>> squidclient -w /squid-internal-mgr/info at redacted -u admin
>> squidclient -w 
>> http://192.168.1.1:3128/squid-internal-mgr/info@redacted -u admin
>> squidclient -w http://127.0.0.1:3128/squid-internal-mgr/info@redacted 
>> -u admin
>> squidclient -w http://127.0.0.1:3128/squid-internal-mgr/info
>> squidclient http://127.0.0.1:3128/squid-internal-mgr/info
>> squidclient -h 127.0.0.1:3128/squid-internal-mgr/info
>> squidclient -h 127.0.0.1 /squid-internal-mgr/info
>> squidclient -h 127.0.0.1 /squid-internal-mgr/info at redcated
>> squidclient -w 127.0.0.1 /squid-internal-mgr/info at redacted
>> squidclient -w 127.0.0.1 /squid-internal-mgr/info at redcated -u admin
>> squidclient -h 192.168.1.1:3128  /squid-internal-mgr/info at redacted
>> squidclient -h 192.168.1.1  /squid-internal-mgr/info at redacted
>> squidclient -h 192.168.1.1  /squid-internal-mgr/info
>>
>> with -w -u -h http spaces I can’t get it to show me stats
>>
>> Squid 6.6
> 
> I do not know whether this mistake is relevant, but squidclient 
> documentation and error message imply that you should be using "-U" 
> (capital letter U) while you are using "-u" (small letter u).


It is very relevant. As Matus already mentioned, both -U and -W.


squidclient -v -U admin -W cachemgr_password mgr:info
Request:
GET http://localhost:3128/squid-internal-mgr/info HTTP/1.0
Host: localhost:3128
User-Agent: squidclient/6.10
Accept: */*
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46Y2FjaGVtZ3JfcGFzc3dvcmQ=
Connection: close


squidclient -v -U admin -W cachemgr_password /squid-internal-mgr/info
Request:
GET /squid-internal-mgr/info HTTP/1.0
Host: localhost:3128
User-Agent: squidclient/6.10
Accept: */*
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46Y2FjaGVtZ3JfcGFzc3dvcmQ=
Connection: close


Cheers
Amos