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OS: Windoze httpd: 2.2.1.6 Hello everybody and thanks for taking the time to read this posting. I apologize, in advance, if I'm a novice. I've looked extensively and have not found a solution -- perhaps I've completely misunderstood. I need to instantiate a CGI environment variable $SMUSER with the contents of an existing environment variable, say, $REMOTE_USER. I'm testing with setenv.pl to display the CGI environment. I've tried 3 techniques: Technique 1: Rewrite -------------------- RewriteEngine on RewriteRule .* - [E=SMUSER:%{$REMOTE_USER}] RequestHeader set my_new_header %{SMUSER}e Result from my browser (setenv.pl): SMUSER="" Question 1: The syntax is incredibly cryptic. Where might I look to help me understand the %, e, {} etc. Mind you, it works for simple text: RewriteRule .* - [E=SMUSER:test]2. Technique 2: setenv DAVESETENV "text" ---------------------------------------------- Result: DAVESETENV="text" But, I've read that this is only a static string. http://www.usenet-forums.com/apache-web-server/10179-setenv-dynamic-variable.html Technique 3. JkEnvVar. ----------------------- If I've understood correctly, we can 'fool' HTTPD into thinking there is a Tomcat behind and, therefore, use mod_jk. Question 2: Am I correct ? JkWorkersFile conf/workers.properties JkEnvVar DAVEJKENVVAR "test" JkLogFile "logs/mod_jk.log" JkLogLevel debug Result: nothing related to DAVE in the browser Question 3: Which technique do you recommend and can you please give me a nudge in the right direction ? Cdlt, Dave -------- |
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