Re: CGI Page and REMOTE_USER environment variable

I don't do any CGI or WWW stuff in perl, but a brief review of the CGI docs indicates that you can use the remote_user() method to get the remote user's name. As I see it, you're trying to access the environment variable REMOTE_USER on the server.

Also, the log shows a basic authentication problem, so you may be having trouble a bit before your code gets a chance to do much. I think I'd track down one of the CGI tutorials, or investigate one of the newer perl WWW frameworks that people are talking about.

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Re^2: CGI Page and REMOTE_USER environment variable by Anonymous Monk on Nov 09, 2012 at 12:20 UTC
`my $q = CGI->new(); #my $UserID = $ENV{"REMOTE_USER"}; my $UserID = $q->remote_user(); print $q->header(); if($UserID){ print "User:<b>$UserID</b>"; }` [download] I get nothing in the page and the same error in the logs.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: CGI Page and REMOTE_USER environment variable by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Nov 09, 2012 at 12:28 UTC
It works for me (with shebang) on IE and Firefox. Smells like Apache2-AuthenNTLM ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť	[reply]
Re^4: CGI Page and REMOTE_USER environment variable by Anonymous Monk on Nov 09, 2012 at 12:33 UTC
This is the module apache is using. Are you using this? If not can I get this to work without using this?	[reply]
Re^5: CGI Page and REMOTE_USER environment variable by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Nov 09, 2012 at 12:44 UTC
Re^6: CGI Page and REMOTE_USER environment variable by Anonymous Monk on Nov 09, 2012 at 13:00 UTC


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