in reply to Where did my $ENV{"REMOTE_USER"} go?

OK, here's clue #1:

The problem only strikes when the program is called with the POST method.

When it calls itself with GET, everything is fine.

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Re: Re: Where did my $ENV{"REMOTE_USER"} go?
by monkfish (Pilgrim) on Sep 04, 2001 at 04:04 UTC
    Your .htaccess (or httpd.conf) is probably set to only authenticate GETs not POSTs. Fix this and your REMOTE_USER will be fixed.

    Something like the following should fix you up: 

      <Directory /your/dir/here>
    AuthUserFile /some/path/htpasswd
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName PasswordRequired
    <Limit GET POST>
      require valid-user
    </Limit>
  </Directory>

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    This is not really a perl problem but an apache problem (feature really) that GET and POST (and PUT, etc) can all be authenticated independently.

    -monkfish (The Fishy Monk :)

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      Oops!

      Thank you!

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