Re: [Webware-discuss] HTTP authentication

[Tavis R. <ta...@re...>]

Good point.  

However, with Apache there should be a way around that.  Install 
mod_python, write your authentication code so it can work independent 
of Webware and then install it as an Apache module via mod_python.  
Of course, that's not exactly simple, unless someone has already done 
it for you.  

On Wednesday 27 February 2002 13:11, Aaron Held wrote:
> I can see the situation where you want a unified login to both
> apache and webware resources.  You may run into a situation like
> the IBM developerworks tutorial login, you have to login to a web
> form and then you still have login via basic http
>
> The usernames are synced, but you still have to login twice.
>
> -Aaron
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tavis Rudd" <ta...@re...>
> To: "Magnus Lie Hetland" <ma...@he...>;
> <web...@li...>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 5:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Webware-discuss] HTTP authentication
>
> > Why not just use some form of webware-based authentication?
>
> You'll
>
> > get better control, support, and possibly security (assuming
>
> https).
>
> > On Wednesday 27 February 2002 12:49, Magnus Lie Hetland wrote:
> > > Magnus Lie Hetland <ma...@he...>:
> > > > Mike Orr <ir...@se...>:
> > > > > My memory is failing as to where PHP_AUTH_USER
> > > > > comes from;
> > > >
> > > > I guess that's where my problem is; initiating the
>
> authentication
>
> > > > process is easy enough; I just can't get the username and
> > > > password afterwards...
> > >
> > > It seems (as I think I remember from several years ago) that
> > > REMOTE_USER is the thing. When I thumb through the Webware
>
> manual,
>
> > > I see there is even a separate method for this in the
>
> HTTPRequest
>
> > > class: remoteUser(). (I assume this is the same as
> > > field('REMOTE_USER').)
> > >
> > > But there is no such standard for the password, IIRC. (I even
> > > remember a patch somewhere a long time ago, fixing this for
>
> Apache.
>
> > > I would assume the situation is different today.)
> > >
> > > But I can't seem to get the REMOTE_USER set either. Odd -- I
>
> would
>
> > > have thought that basic HTTP authentication was a fairly
>
> standard
>
> > > thing to do...
> >
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