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BASIC_DB_AUTH(8)      User Contributed Perl Documentation     BASIC_DB_AUTH(8)

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
		   condition If	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 salt	hashing	is understood.

AUTHOR
       This program was	written	by Henrik Nordstrom
       <henrik@henriknordstrom.net> and	Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz
       <dlucio@okay.com.mx>

       This manual was written by Henrik Nordstrom
       <henrik@henriknordstrom.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 <henrik@henriknordstrom.net>
       Copyright (C) 2010 Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz <dlucio@okay.com.mx>
       (Joomla support)	This program is	free software. You may redistribute
       copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
       2, or (at your opinion) any later version.

QUESTIONS
       Questions on the	usage of this program can be sent to the Squid Users
       mailing list <squid-users@lists.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-bugs@lists.squid-cache.org>

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

SEE ALSO
       squid (8), GPL (7),

       The Squid FAQ wiki https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq

       The Squid Configuration Manual http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/

perl v5.42.0			  2025-11-01		      BASIC_DB_AUTH(8)

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