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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Rob Hartill <ro...@imdb.com> on 1997/01/29 21:01:55 UTC
RE: [BUG]: "REMOTE_USER environment variable not set on authenticated scripts" on Solaris 2.x (fwd)
followup to earlier bug report
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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 14:45:51 -0500
From: Adrian Hall <ah...@xionics.com>
To: 'Rob Hartill' <ro...@imdb.com>
Subject: RE: [BUG]: "REMOTE_USER environment variable not set on authenticated scripts" on Solaris 2.x
My mistake (maybe)....When I changed the authentication to pg95, I put in the following:
<Limit GET>
require valid-user
</Limit>
Apache still let me run the CGI script/form processor - the difference being that I didnt get the QUERY_STRING or form results passed to the script. I personally think this is a bug (it surely shouldnt run the script at all). Anyhow, I altered the .htac
cess so that it did <Limit GET POST> and it works fine now.
Adrian
-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Hartill [SMTP:robh@imdb.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 1997 12:42 PM
To: ahall@xionics.com
Subject: Re: [BUG]: "REMOTE_USER environment variable not set on authenticated scripts" on Solaris 2.x
Mmm, I have some scripts that use "REMOTE_USER", but I'm not using
mod-auth-pg95.
I'll forward your mail to the developers list for further investigation.
On Wed, 29 Jan 1997 ahall@xionics.com wrote:
> Submitter: ahall@xionics.com
> Operating system: Solaris 2.x, version:
> Version of Apache Used: 1.2b6
> Extra Modules used: mod-auth-pg95
> URL exhibiting problem: http://www.waltham.harvard.net:800/QuickTicket/user.cgi?EXTN=0000
>
> Symptoms:
> --
> A CGI script in a username/password protected area of the web site does not pass REMOTE_USER as an environment variable as earlier versions of apache did. This environment variable is used by some of my scripts to decide what to show the user. When au
thenticating in the URL below, please use account '0000' and passwrd 'apass' (uses mod-auth-pg95 for authentication)
> --
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