in reply to PHP_AUTH_USER type authentication

Do those contain the Basic-Authentication / Digest-Authentication credentials? You can fetch the user name using $cgi->remote_user() or $ENV{REMOTE_USER}. The password, however, is not provided by CGI. (It wouldn't be there in the CGI version of PHP either.)

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Re^2: PHP_AUTH_USER type authentication
by artist (Parson) on Apr 27, 2007 at 14:58 UTC
    Does it mean that there is no Perl equivalent for this?
    I like to get username/password and authenticate the user. I don't use any other module to authenticate. I can definitely use it if required. I am not familiar with authentication modules, so please point me in appropriate direction.

    Thanks,

    --Artist
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      Hi artist

      In this case, Apache does the authentication for you so you don't need the password part. You may use the username part for other purpose such as custom authorization. You need no module for this authentication type, just Read The Fine Manual from Apache site:

      Authentication, Authorization and Access Control

      I never understand myself why PHP provides such thing.

      Open source softwares? Share and enjoy. Make profit from them if you can. Yet, share and enjoy!

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