>> Ack! That was pretty stupid of me. It doesn't explain why
>> SetEnvIf Request_URI "/cgi-bin/VENDOR" REMOTE_ADDR=1.2.3.4
>> didn't work, but I can take that to the Apache folks.
>
>It's because mod_cgi sets the environment variable just before it
>runs the program (and thus overriding whatever you set before).
>
>A fixup handler to set the fake ip address (as you figured out) and
>possibly a loghandler to set remote_ip to the right address again is
>the way to go.
Thanks. Between the help I got on the list, and a quick reading of some of the Apache
source (esp. mod_cgi), I had a working solution up and running 90 minutes (!) after
first deciding to attack the problem from that angle.
...Steve
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