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Posted to users@httpd.apache.org by "Neil A. Hillard" <ne...@agustawestland.com> on 2008/02/13 17:55:09 UTC
[users@httpd] mod_perl, PerlAuthenHandler and REMOTE_USER
Hi,
I've been having a dabble, using a perl module to handle some of our
authentication requirements. I have the perl auth handler working
successfully but the username is not logged in access_log.
I have the following code in my perl module:
my $username = "test_user";
$r->user($username);
return OK;
I can see from my PHP script that the REMOTE_USER variable has been set
successfully.
I am using the following LogFormat for access_log:
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\""
combined
Any pointers as to how I can get the username logged in access_log?
Many thanks in advance,
Neil.
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Re: [users@httpd] mod_perl, PerlAuthenHandler and REMOTE_USER
Posted by "Neil A. Hillard" <ne...@agustawestland.com>.
Craig,
Craig Dunigan wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Neil A. Hillard wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've been having a dabble, using a perl module to handle some of
>> our authentication requirements. I have the perl auth handler working
>> successfully but the username is not logged in access_log.
>>
>> I have the following code in my perl module:
>>
>> my $username = "test_user";
>> $r->user($username);
>>
>> return OK;
>>
>> I can see from my PHP script that the REMOTE_USER variable has been
>> set successfully.
>>
>> I am using the following LogFormat for access_log:
>>
>> LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\"
>> \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
>>
>> Any pointers as to how I can get the username logged in access_log?
>>
>> Many thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>>
>
> I found it necessary to do the following in my Perl auth handler as well
> as $r->user($username) (assuming Apache2 API):
>
> $r->subprocess_env('REMOTE_USER' => $username);
> $r->set_basic_credentials($username, $password);
Bingo - that's the one. As password doesn't make sense I've set it to
"" and it works a treat.
> I can't exactly recall the reasons, something about which process
> (parent or child) writes the environment variables vs. which process
> does the logging, or perhaps the order in which Apache sets variables
> and writes to the log. Or perhaps it was just overkill on my part, not
> wanting to miss anything. But it's working for me.
Many thanks,
Neil.
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Re: [users@httpd] mod_perl, PerlAuthenHandler and REMOTE_USER
Posted by Craig Dunigan <cd...@doit.wisc.edu>.
On Wed, 13 Feb 2008, Neil A. Hillard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been having a dabble, using a perl module to handle some of our
> authentication requirements. I have the perl auth handler working
> successfully but the username is not logged in access_log.
>
> I have the following code in my perl module:
>
> my $username = "test_user";
> $r->user($username);
>
> return OK;
>
> I can see from my PHP script that the REMOTE_USER variable has been set
> successfully.
>
> I am using the following LogFormat for access_log:
>
> LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\""
> combined
>
> Any pointers as to how I can get the username logged in access_log?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
>
> Neil.
>
>
I found it necessary to do the following in my Perl auth handler as
well as $r->user($username) (assuming Apache2 API):
$r->subprocess_env('REMOTE_USER' => $username);
$r->set_basic_credentials($username, $password);
I can't exactly recall the reasons, something about which process
(parent or child) writes the environment variables vs. which process
does the logging, or perhaps the order in which Apache sets variables
and writes to the log. Or perhaps it was just overkill on my part,
not wanting to miss anything. But it's working for me.
--
Craig Dunigan
IS Technical Services Specialist
Middleware - EIS - DoIT
University of Wisconsin, Madison
opinions expressed are my own, not the University's
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