RE: [users@httpd] authentication and mod_proxy

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Petkus [mailto:rpetkus@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 2. Juni 2005 20:38
> To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [users@httpd] authentication and mod_proxy
> 
> 
> Folks,
> I have Apache configured as a proxy, and I'm using a Basic
> Authentication scheme within the <Directory proxy:*> container.  The
> problem is that once authenticated, the authenticated user id is not
> passed off to the proxied server.  How can I do this?

You want basic auth on the back-end too?

This is eerily similar to another post that came up today (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-httpd-users&m=111774805609033&w=2)...

So it looks like that the Basic Authorization header which contains the credentials is not forwarded to the back-end under mod_proxy. I had a quick look at the docs but there doesn't seem to be ProxyPreserveBasicAuthorization directive (cf. ProxyPreserveHost) so it might not be possible. I also looked at RequestHeader which can be used to set a header on an incoming request before it's fully processed - I don't think that would help you either...

Other ideas:

- there's a way to send the credentials in the URL. You do: http://user:password@server/resource
so you could use mod_rewrite to build the creds into the back-end request from the header data.
- do you really need authentication on the back-end route? Is it an internet route (as opposed to a LAN)?

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
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> 
> Example config on proxy server:
> 
> <Directory proxy:https://somesite>
>   SSLOptions +StdEnvVars +CompatEnvVars
>   Order allow,deny
>   Allow from all
>   AuthName "Site Access"
>   AuthType Basic
>   AuthPAM_Enabled ON
>   require user foo
> </Directory>
> 
> I authenticate as "foo" but the proxied server does not 
> receive the id.
> 
> Cheers,
> Robert
> 
> 
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