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BASIC_DB_AUTH

Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (8)
Updated: 2025-11-06
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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 conditionIf 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 salthashing is understood.

AUTHOR

This program was written byHenrik Nordstrom <henrikAATThenriknordstrom.net> andLuis Daniel Lucio Quiroz <dlucioAATTokay.com.mx>

This manual was written by Henrik Nordstrom <henrikAATThenriknordstrom.net>

COPYRIGHT

 * Copyright (C) 1996-2025 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 <henrikAATThenriknordstrom.net>Copyright (C) 2010 Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz <dlucioAATTokay.com.mx> (Joomla support)This program is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under theterms of the GNU General Public License version 2, or (at your opinion) anylater version.

QUESTIONS

Questions on the usage of this program can be sent to the Squid Users mailing list <squid-usersAATTlists.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-bugsAATTlists.squid-cache.org>

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

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