[users@httpd] No AUTH_TYPE using Handler

[ms...@freezone.co.uk]

My "handler" - handle.pl - doesn't get an AUTH_TYPE environment 
variable, but my script - moin.cgi - requires it.

moin.cgi uses AUTH_TYPE & REMOTE_USER environment variables for user 
authentication, which works great without a "handler". I use handle.pl 
for some postprocessing on my site, with the "SetHandler /handle.pl" 
directive. handle.pl in turn calls moin.cgi.

If I set authentication for handle.pl, the environment contains 
AUTH_TYPE & REMOTE_USER variables - but this isn't practical since it 
handles many resources which shouldn't require authentication.

Instead, I set authentication for moin.cgi. In this case, the 
environment contains REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER, instead of REMOTE_USER. It's 
simple enough to set REMOTE_USER to the value of REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER 
in handle.pl, before calling moin.cgi, but the environment contains no 
variable with the AUTH_TYPE. I don't know how to determine the 
AUTH_TYPE (Basic, Negotiate, etc.) in handle.pl, in order to set the 
AUTH_TYPE environment variable for moin.cgi.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

Jack


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