Re: [MacPerl] User authentication

[Peter Giorgilli <peterg@iscient.com.au>]

Hi there!

First of all, according to the CGI 1.1 specification, the environment
variable, REMOTE_USER, should contain the user name whenever it is sent by the
client. (That is, whenever an already authenticated user accesses a URL that
is part of the protected realm.) As for the password, the CGI does not provide
this information because: one it doesn't know, nor could it; and two, it would
be a bad idea anyway! In answer to your question then, you should be able to
pluck the user name straight out of the ENV hash using $ENV{'REMOTE_USER'}.

Good Luck!


 ------ From: Gauden Galea, 11/10/96 2:28 PM ------ 
I'd like to be able to read the authenticated username and password from a
secure realm in Webstar when it calls a Macperl cgi application. Is there
any way to do this? I'm looking in the ENV hash and also %in (from cgi-lib)
to no avail. Webstar's documentation says it does send them to cgi's, but I
can't see where they are.

Thanks for any help

Gauden Galea