RE: [squid-users] Helper protocol issue with wbinfo_group.pl

-----Original Message-----
From: crobertson_at_gci.net [mailto:crobertson_at_gci.net]
Sent: 19 February 2009 20:37
To: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Helper protocol issue with wbinfo_group.pl

Benedict White wrote:
> When I use wbinfo_group.pl it clearly can and does go and check if a given users is in the specified Active Directory group, which is good.
>
> The problem is that it returns "OK" to squid which squid does not seem to like.
>
> Here is the relevent line in squid.conf:
> external_acl_type nt_group ttl=5 protocol=2.5 concurrency=5 %LOGIN /usr/lib/squid/wbinfo_group.pl -d
>
> and here is what the logile shows:
>
> helperHandleRead: unexpected reply on channel -1 from nt_group #1 'OK'
>

Channel -1? That looks like the script isn't set up to handle
concurrency. Try "children=5" instead of "concurrency=5" in the
external_acl_type definition and see if that works better.

>>>

Many thanks Chris that solved the problem.

It seems that in more than one place people have put the wring thing on the web. Still at least this is right.

Kind Regards

Benedict White
 
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