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Posted to apache-bugdb@apache.org by John Stevens <vx...@hotmail.com> on 2000/04/01 00:33:38 UTC
general/5947: Apache not reporting $ENV{'REMOTE_USER'}

>Number:         5947
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       Apache not reporting $ENV{'REMOTE_USER'}
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Mar 31 14:40:00 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     vxspiritxv@hotmail.com
>Release:        1.3.9
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
Linux server 2.2.14 #5 SMP Mon Feb 28 22:07:50 PST 2000 i586 unknown
Slackware7
>Description:
When in a directory protected by .htaccess password protection going to a cgi via `http://blah/cgi-bin/blah.cgi` $ENV{'REMOTE_USER'} is returned correctly, but using <form method="POST" action="blah.cgi" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data"> $ENV{'REMOTE_USER'} doesn't return anything.
>How-To-Repeat:
/cgi-bin/protected/.htaccess
 AuthType Basic
 AuthName "Protected Pages"
 AuthUserFile /.htpasswd
 <LIMIT GET>
 require valid-user
 </LIMIT>

/cgi-bin/protected/blah.cgi
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
 $currentuser = $ENV{'REMOTE_USER'};
 if ($currentuser eq "") {
  print "Where did your user name go?";
 } else {
  print "your user name is: $currentuser";
 }

/formfile.html
 <html><body><form method="POST" action="cgi-bin/blah.cgi" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data">
 <input type="text" name="blah"><br>
 <input type="submit" value="Send">
 </form>
 </body></html>


say you use the user name foo in /.htpasswd
access http://blah/cgi-bin/protected/blah.cgi
you should get 'your user name is: foo'
but using /html/formfile.html
you should get 'Where did your user name go?'
>Fix:
nope
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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