basic_db_auth - Database auth helper for Squid

       This program was written by HenrikNordstrom<henrik@henriknordstrom.net> and LuisDanielLucioQuiroz<dlucio@okay.com.mx>

       This manual was written by HenrikNordstrom<henrik@henriknordstrom.net>

        * Copyright (C) 1996-2024 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.

       This program verifies username & password to a database

        basic_db_auth - Database auth helper for Squid

--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.

       Questions  on  the  usage  of  this  program  can   be   sent   to   the   SquidUsersmailinglist<squid-users@lists.squid-cache.org>

       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 SquidBugs<squid-bugs@lists.squid-cache.org>

       Report ideas for new improvements to the SquidDevelopersmailinglist<squid-dev@lists.squid-cache.org>

       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/

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