Re: mod_proxy/282: Currerntly netscape proxy loses environment variables after client passes thru proxy (fwd)

[Marc Slemko <ma...@znep.com>]

The following reply was made to PR mod_proxy/282; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Marc Slemko <ma...@znep.com>
To: apbugs@apache.org
Subject: Re: mod_proxy/282: Currerntly netscape proxy loses environment variables after client passes thru proxy (fwd)
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 1997 10:39:05 -0600 (MDT)

 
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 Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 11:13:33 -0500
 From: TSgt Rebel Thompson <rt...@mail.aia.af.mil>
 To: Marc Slemko <ma...@znep.com>
 Subject: Re: mod_proxy/282: Currerntly netscape proxy loses environment variables after client passes thru proxy
 
 Just for further clarification if the apache web server and proxy server
 are running on the same machine are the access logs contained in the
 proxy, identifiable by the web server?  Things like Username/I.P.
 address/hostname etc...attached to a URL  request from the client to the
 webserver. For example:I would want to check, without making a person
 reenter his login name that only rthomps is updating rthomps'
 information in an internal phonebook.  As I understand with the new
 Netscape proxy server I only have the I.P. address of the requesting
 client, which I should be able to correlate against the proxy accesslog
 to get his username and match that to an additonal database to confirm
 his identity. Can Apache Server (WEB, and PROXY) provide this
 functionality?
 Marc Slemko wrote:
 > 
 > I don't understand what you are asking or what the problem is.
 > Environment variables are not part of the HTTP spec and are used locally
 > by CGIs.  If you are talking about the remote server, then to the remote
 > server it appears like the request is coming from the proxy.
 > 
 > On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Rebel Thompson wrote:
 > 
 > > >Description:
 > > Does the APACHE proxy server lose environment variables when pointed to an
 > > NT/Netscape Web server or any other server as far as that goes.  Info like
 > > Remote Ident/logname or CGI variables etc...  If so what would be the easiest
 > > way around that data loss. Please respond to rthomps@mail.aia.af.mil  Thanks in
 > > advance if you are able to assist.