This looks like a difference between NCSA and Apache.
I suspect it's intentional. Someone will talk with you
if it's a bug.
>Symptoms:
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>I think there might be a bug with the REMOTE_USER
>cgi variable. util_script.c looks good, so the
>problem must be somewhere else. I have the following
>for my access.conf file:
>
><Directory /usr/local/www/cgi-bin>
>Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
><Limit GET POST>
>order allow,deny
>allow from all
></Limit>
></Directory>
>
>Which is the correct way to protect a document
>so that REMOTE_USER works. See
>http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/tutorials/user.html
>for the source of my configuration information.
>
>Now, I should be able to get the name of the remote
>user that logged in through Basic Authorization, right?
>
>It doesn't work! I am getting no entry for REMOTE_USER
>or AUTH_TYPE or REMOTE_IDENT, which all happen
>to be in the same if statement in util_scripts.c
>around line 172.
>
>Hence, I think it might be a bug. If it's not,
>PLEASE, write back with what you think the fix
>might be.
>
>Thanks for apache - I love it!
>
>Andy
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