> for some reason though this does not appear to be working as it
> should... does anyone have any clue why?
No.
> Secondly, assuming I eventually get this thing to work, how can I make a
> return page for access denied and know on what criteria it was denied
> (if smb failed or if listfile failed, for example, if smb failed,
> standard normal error message, if listfile failed, an alternate error
> message)
Then you have to make the distinction inside Squid and not in PAM.
The proxy_auth ACL type accepts lists of users to mactch.
deny_info can return different error pages based on the condition.
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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker