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by **Steve Hal** » Thu, 12 Jun 1997 04:00:00

Hi. Thanks for taking a second to read this. I am trying to create a
session database in msql. I have been using the REMOTE_USER env
variable to track a user's movement through the website, and I noticed
that when you do a CGI POST, the variable REMOTE_USER is not empty. Is
there a special configuration necessary for this to work?

In access.conf, I have the following setup:

<directory /home/swhall/public_html/html>
Auth_MSQLhost localhost
Auth_MSQLdatabase test
Auth_MSQLpwd_table test1
Auth_MSQLuid_field Username
Auth_MSQLpwd_field Password
Auth_MSQL_EncryptedPasswords off
AuthName Troy State Faculty Member
AuthType basic
<limit post get>
order deny,allow
allow from all
require valid-user
</limit>
</directory>

Should this work?

Steve Hall
Flexwave International, Inc.
http://www.fli.net

by **Marc Slemk** » Thu, 12 Jun 1997 04:00:00

Quote:>Hi. Thanks for taking a second to read this. I am trying to create a
>session database in msql. I have been using the REMOTE_USER env
>variable to track a user's movement through the website, and I noticed
>that when you do a CGI POST, the variable REMOTE_USER is not empty. Is
>there a special configuration necessary for this to work?

Are you sure the CGI script is located under public_html/html, and not
in a seperate cgi-bin directory? If it is in a seperate directory,
it doesn't fall under the access restrictions.

Quote:>In access.conf, I have the following setup:
><directory /home/swhall/public_html/html>
>Auth_MSQLhost localhost
>Auth_MSQLdatabase test
>Auth_MSQLpwd_table test1
>Auth_MSQLuid_field Username
>Auth_MSQLpwd_field Password
>Auth_MSQL_EncryptedPasswords off
>AuthName Troy State Faculty Member
>AuthType basic
><limit post get>
>order deny,allow
>allow from all
>require valid-user
></limit>
></directory>
>Should this work?
>Steve Hall
>Flexwave International, Inc.
>http://www.fli.net

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REMOTE_USER and CGI Post

REMOTE_USER and CGI Post

REMOTE_USER and CGI Post