Re: [users@httpd] How to use mod_rewrite with %{REMOTE_USER}

[Bhavin Modi <modi.bhavin@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/29/05, Joshua Slive <jslive@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 9/29/05, Bhavin Modi <modi.bhavin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>        RewriteRule ^/users/$ /users/%{REMOTE_USER} [R]

> The %{REMOTE_USER} returns a value like
> "uid=testuser,ou=people,dc=domain,dc=com", so I need to
> filter "testuser" from this string.
>
> Is there any other way to do what I am trying to do ?

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_USER} uid=([^,]+),
RewriteRule ^/users/$ /users/%1

 

This did not work. I also tried an [R] at the end.

I wrote an index.php file in /users/ to print the username passed

<?php

 

print $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'];

 

?>

 

This output "testuser" as output which means the regex in the RewriteCond does work, but why does it not redirect to /users/testuser/. If I put the same index.php file in /users/testuser/ and try to access the URL manually it outputs "uid=testuser,ou=people,ou=domain,ou=com" which is the actual %{REMOTE_USER} value. I also tried

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^/users/$ /users/testuser/ [R]

 

without the RewriteCond, but it didnt redirect me. Am I doing something wrong ?

 

The other method I think I could restrict access is by matching the <username> from /users/<username>/file-or-dir with uid value from %{REMOTE_USER} and forbid access if it does match.

 

Thanks,

Bhavin.