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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 condi-
		 tion 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) 1996-2026 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 mail-
     ing 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 v5.42.3			   2026-08-27			BASIC_DB_AUTH(8)

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