Hye, What means %1 in your syntax ? ( I have no syntax error but I don 't know what happens ... To be more precise, I would like to put the value of the LDAP_USER_ALT variable into the REMOTE_USER variable Is there a solution to exchange the contents of variables ? -----Original Message----- From: Bud P. Bruegger [mailto:bud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 5:07 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] MODIFIYING THE REMOTE_USER VARIABLE At 16.47 22/04/2005 +0200, you wrote: >Hye, > >With Apache HTTP Server ver 2.0.40 and LDAP autentication, is it >possible >to OVERWRITE the REMOTE_USER Variable ? With the mod_rewrite module ? > >If Yes, What is the syntax according to the RewriteRule Directive , the >{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} and E=VAR:VAL flag ? Brian just proposed this: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP:HTTP_SOME_HEADER_FIELD} (.*) RewriteRule .* - [E=REMOTE_USER:%1] and it works for me on Apache 1.3. So I assume that also 2.0 will work. cheers -b >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server >Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more >info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Ing. Bud P. Bruegger, Ph.D. +39-0564-488577 (voice), -21139 (fax) Servizio Elaborazione Dati e-mail: bud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Comune di Grosseto http://www.comune.grosseto.it/cie/ Via Ginori, 43 http://OpenPortalGuard.sf.net 58100 Grosseto (Tuscany, Italy) jabber: bud@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Free Software in Public Administration: not just a good idea, but a necessity Perfection is attained, not when there is nothing more to be added, but when there is nothing more to be taken away -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx