Hi Nate and Shantanu, Thanks so much for the clear guidance, this works and sorry I didn't read the Apache docs properly
best, Leandro On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Shantanu Pavgi <pa...@uab.edu> wrote: > > On Jun 29, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Nate Coraor wrote: > > Leandro Hermida wrote: > > Hi Shantanu, > > In your Apache configuration exactly how did you set up an anonymous > > REMOTE_USER just for specific locations like the /datasets/ path? I'm just > > looking at the Apache docs and the RequestHeader directive has a context of > > the entire VirtualHost and cannot be put into a Location container so I'm > > not sure how to do it. > > Hi Leandro, > > See the optional 'env=' argument and docs on the same for ways to make > RequestHeader conditional: > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_headers.html#requestheader > > So, depending on the path accessed, you should be able to have > mod_rewrite set an environment variable specifying which REMOTE_USER > (real username or fake anonymouse user) should be set. > > You could also just set it as the anonymous user to start with and then > use 'RequestHeader set' to overwrite it with the real username in the > case that a real username is available. > > This is all just from glancing at the docs, though, I have not tried any > of it out, and this sort of Apache trickery is always difficult to get > right. > > --nate > > > > Leandro, > The RequestHeader has a context of 'directory' as well, which includes > <Directory>, <Location>, <Files>, and <Proxy> containers [1]. So you should > be able to use it in Location directive. > Following is a configuration snippet related to what Nate described in his > earlier response. We are setting REMOTE_USER variable to anonymous when it's > not set/empty. > <Location ~ "/(datasets|history)/"> > AuthType shibboleth > ShibRequireSession off > Require shibboleth > RewriteCond %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} ="" > RequestHeader set REMOTE_USER "anonymous" > </Location> > Hope this helps. > > 1. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/directive-dict.html#Context > -- > Shantanu. > ___________________________________________________________ Please keep all replies on the list by using "reply all" in your mail client. To manage your subscriptions to this and other Galaxy lists, please use the interface at: http://lists.bx.psu.edu/
