Configuring Squid on Linux to authenticate with Active Directory

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Question
How do I Configuring Squid on Linux to authenticate with Active Directory.

Answer
Open Squid configuration file (squid.conf) and make the following changes:

Find the auth param section of the config file (TAG: auth_param), and change the auth param basic program line to look like this.

auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid/squid_ldap_auth -b "dc=yourdomain,dc=com" -f "uid=%s" -h ldap.yourdomain.com
acl ldapauth proxy_auth REQUIRED
http_access allow ldapauth
http_access deny