On 4/26/05, Bud P. Bruegger <bud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 12.12 22/04/2005 -0400, Joshua Slive wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> >As far as I know, this technique cannot be used to override the
> >standard CGI env variables, including REMOTE_USER. In fact, it is not
> >possible at all to override these variables, which is generally a good
> >thing.
> >
> >Joshua.
>
> Hmmm, it worked in 1.3 and I just checked a simple "SetEnv REMOTE_USER
> helloThere" in an Apache 2.0 and that is visible in the CGI script. I'll
> test what Brian proposed later on (an Apache 2.0 behind another 2.0 that
> acts as reverse proxy).
I am fairly sure (although I haven't tested it recently) that you
can't OVERRIDE the REMOTE_USER. You can probably set one if one isn't
being set through HTTP authentication.
Joshua.
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