Re: Environment Variables

[Wayne McAlpine <wayne.mcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I do finally have it working and the variable is REMOTE_USER.  I had a 
bug in my code that had me chasing my tail.  Thanks all for your help.



Peter Connell wrote:
> Wayne,
> If the user is challenged to login when the cgi welcome page is
> requested, before any response is received, then REMOTE_USER must be
> populated and available to the cgi program.  The qsh cmd(set) program
> should prove this.
>
> Peter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Wayne McAlpine
> Sent: Sunday, 22 March 2009 14:33
> To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] Environment Variables
>
> Peter, there is no initial html document.  The url is to a cgi program 
> that generates the welcome page.
>
> Peter Connell wrote:
> > Wayne,
> > Just a thought.
> > Are you certain that the page you are concerned with is in fact a url
> > that is protected by the authentication block in the Apache config?
> >
> > For example, you may have first requested a page that required you to
> > authenticate but subsequently requested a page that does not.
> > REMOTE_USER will show up in the first but not the second.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Wayne McAlpine
> > Sent: Saturday, 21 March 2009 15:11
> > To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [WEB400] Environment Variables
> >
> > Peter, I'm doing this in the same main CGI program that retrieves
> other 
> > environment variables, so I know that the mechanism works.
> >
> > I'm starting to wonder if there is an Apache configuration directive 
> > that may be missing to allow REMOTE_USER to be populated by the 
> > validation list value.  Here is what I have in httpd.conf:
> >
> > Require valid-user
> > ServerUserID QTMHHTTP
> >   PasswdFile ICFLIB/UCCWEB
> >   AuthType Basic
> >   AuthName "Louisiana Secreta
> >   SSLRequireSSL
> >   SetEnv HTTPS_PORT 4430
> >     Options +ExecCGI
> >
> >
> > Peter Connell wrote:
> >   If you are not retrieving it then you must have an issue with
> > > the mechanism you are using to retrieve it.  It's there for all to
> > > retrieve.