Thanks Tom, I think I got it now. It was about the + sign. If I did match against "RewriteCond %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} (.*)" - the condition was true even if the REMOTE_USER was empty. The result was that the proxy request was done before there was a value. As our log shows the REMOTE_USER is filled out in the third run. Thanks for all help, Cheers Dag -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: Tom Evans [mailto:tevans.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sendt: 28. mai 2009 15:23 Til: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Emne: RE: REMOTE_USER and PROXY request On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 13:58 +0200, Efjestad, Dag wrote: > No, when I do this the value in RewriteCond is null. > > From logfile: > lookahead: path=/kongsberg/ var=REMOTE_USER -> val= > RewriteCond: input='' pattern='(.*)' => matched > > -----Opprinnelig melding----- > Fra: Tom Evans [mailto:tevans.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sendt: 28. mai 2009 11:49 > Til: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Emne: Re: REMOTE_USER and PROXY request > > On Thu, 2009-05-28 at 10:52 +0200, Efjestad, Dag wrote: > > Hi. > > > > I can't get access to the REMOTE_USER value when I do a proxy request. The value is empty. > > RewriteRule ^/kongsberg(.*) http://aeoas02/kongsberg/%{LA-U:REMOTE_USER}$1 [P,L] > > > > For rewrite against directory URL's I get the value. > > RewriteRule ^/kongsberg(.*) /kongsberg/%{LA-U:REMOTE_USER}$1 [L] > > > > and for redirect it works: > > RewriteRule ^/kongsberg(.*) http://aeoas02/kongsberg/%{LA-U:REMOTE_USER}$1 [R,L] > > > > > > I also tried this syntaks with same result - no value in REMOTE_USER env. var.: > > RewriteCond %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} (.+) > > RewriteRule . - [E=RU:%1] > > > > ProxyRequests Off > > ProxyPassInterpolateEnv On > > ProxyPass /kongsberg/ http://aeoas02/kongsberg/${RU}/ interpolate > > ProxyPassReverse /kongsberg/ http://aeoas02/kongsberg/${RU}/ interpolate > > > > > > I also noticed that I can see the username value in the access logfile but not in the rewrite logfile. > > > > Suggestions anyone? > > > > > > Kind regards, Dag > > > > Does this not work? > > RewriteCond %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} (.+) > RewriteRule /kongsberg/ http://aeoas02/kongsberg/%1/ [P] > > Cheers > > Tom > > >From my testing, that config works fine: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName ssoauth DocumentRoot /usr/local/www/ssoauth/htdocs <Directory /usr/local/www/ssoauth/htdocs> Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> KeepAlive Off RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} (.+) RewriteRule /kongsberg/ http://ssoauth:8081/kongsberg/%1/ [P] RewriteLog /var/log/rwrite.log RewriteLogLevel 5 <Location /> Include auth/ldap_group_it.conf </Location> </VirtualHost> The log then shows this: (cat /var/log/rwrite.log | sed 's:.*] ::') (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /kongsberg/ (3) applying pattern '/kongsberg/' to uri '/kongsberg/' (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /kongsberg/ (3) applying pattern '/kongsberg/' to uri '/kongsberg/' (4) RewriteCond: input='' pattern='(.+)' => not-matched (1) pass through /kongsberg/ (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /kongsberg/index.html (3) applying pattern '/kongsberg/' to uri '/kongsberg/index.html' (2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /kongsberg/index.html (3) applying pattern '/kongsberg/' to uri '/kongsberg/index.html' (4) RewriteCond: input='' pattern='(.+)' => not-matched (1) pass through /kongsberg/index.html (5) lookahead: path=/kongsberg/index.html var=REMOTE_USER -> val=tevans (4) RewriteCond: input='tevans' pattern='(.+)' => matched (2) rewrite '/kongsberg/index.html' -> 'http://ssoauth:8081/kongsberg/tevans/' (2) forcing proxy-throughput with http://ssoauth:8081/kongsberg/tevans/ (1) go-ahead with proxy request proxy:http://ssoauth:8081/kongsberg/tevans/ [OK] (5) lookahead: path=/kongsberg/ var=REMOTE_USER -> val=tevans (4) RewriteCond: input='tevans' pattern='(.+)' => matched (2) rewrite '/kongsberg/' -> 'http://ssoauth:8081/kongsberg/tevans/' (2) forcing proxy-throughput with http://ssoauth:8081/kongsberg/tevans/ (1) go-ahead with proxy request proxy:http://ssoauth:8081/kongsberg/tevans/ [OK] This log is for just one request. Are you sure you that you are authenticated using apache auth modules? REMOTE_USER would be empty if you are not authenticated. Cheers Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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