On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 10:02 AM, David (Dave) Donnan
<david.donnan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> RewriteEngine on
>
> RewriteRule .* - [E=SMUSER:%{$REMOTE_USER}]
> RequestHeader set my_new_header %{SMUSER}e
>
> Result from my browser (setenv.pl):
>
> SMUSER=""
I think the $ is extraneous and causing problems. Another potential
problem -- See the "lookahead" feature to figure out REMOTE_USER when
your RewriteRules are running in a phase before REMOTE_USER is set!
You may be able to wrap your rules in <Directory>, which makes the
Rewrite occur a little bit later, and might let some rules like this
work better.
Finally, why do you want to set the environment variable in a request
header? Is this just some debug you added along the way, or your
ultimate goal?
>
> Question 1: The syntax is incredibly cryptic. Where might I look to help me
> understand the %, e, {} etc.
The variable syntax for RequestHeader is defined in a table at the
bottom of the Header directive:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_headers.html#header
The syntax for mod_rewrite is midway down in the doc for RewriteRule:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule
> Mind you, it works for simple text:
>
> RewriteRule .* - [E=SMUSER:test]
>
> Result: 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
setenvif is a bit more flexible:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_setenvif.html#setenvif
--
Eric Covener
covener@xxxxxxxxx
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