I have a simple .htaccess 
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Test"
AuthBasicProvider file
AuthUserFile /path .. /www/cgi/test/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
<Limit GET>
require valid-user
</Limit>
Options -Indexes

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Authentification is working.

remote_user is set when i use GET to access the perl script in this dir. When i use POST the remote_user is empty. I've couldn't find a confirmation on the web/docs but indications seems that only the first the the authentication runs the apache sets remote_user. And it doesn't work with perl.

So, is that true and if yes.

How can i change this behavior ?

I've already looked at CPAN but all the solutions or frameworks looks to be big for me. I only want to keep the remote_user variable.

What would be the best approach ?

Thanks !

In reply to Apache remote_user lost with POST by slatibart

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