Re: [users@httpd] mod_rewrite/mod_auth_* : Trying to use REMOTE_USER env

[Joshua Slive <js...@gmail.com>]

On 9/20/05, dphillips <dp...@csenergy.com.au> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to use Apache to act as a proxy/reverse-proxy which will
> authenticate the users, update the header with the authetication
> information and then forward the request an Application Web Server.
>
>
> I'm using the mod_auth_sspi to authenticate and I have used the
> <Location /> to validate the users.
>
> I found a great reply in this forum for how to propagate the
> REMOTE_USER etc to the Application Web Server and this works well.
> However, we I try and use the REMOTE_USER it is NULL.
>
> I think that my http.conf is not quite right and the rewrite rules are
> forwarding the request before the authetication modules have run.
>
> Here is the VirtualHost section from the http.conf
>       RewriteEngine             On
>       RewriteLog                "c:/WebServ/logs/httpd/rewrite.log"
>       RewriteLogLevel           9
>       RewriteCond %{REMOTE_USER} (.*)

Check the mod_rewrite docs, you'll see that you need to use
%{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} because this variable is not yet set at the time
that mod_rewrite is run on the request.

Joshua.

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