There are known bugs in push_handlers/set_handlers that I believe are
corrected in CVS and should be part of the 1.26 release. Perhaps these
bugs are the problem.
Regards,
Christian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bolt Thrower [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 10:50 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: push_handlers and PerlAuthenHandler troubles
>
>
> For a particular Location, I'd like to selectively (i.e., based on
> arbitrary criteria) determine whether a visitor needs authentication.
> So I set up a Location section in httpd.conf as follows:
>
> <Location />
> AuthType Apache::AuthTicket
> AuthName HomeIntranet
> PerlAuthenHandler Intranet::CheckSiteAuthen
> #PerlAuthenHandler Apache::AuthTicket->authenticate
> PerlAuthzHandler Apache::AuthTicket->authorize
> require valid-user
> </Location>
>
> Intranet::CheckSiteAuthen looks like:
>
> ---[start]-----
> package Intranet::CheckSiteAuthen;
>
> use strict;
> use DBI;
> use Apache::Constants qw(:common);
> use Intranet::common;
> use Data::Dumper;
>
>
> sub handler {
> my $r = shift;
> $r->warn("starting CheckSiteAuthen");
> $r->push_handlers(PerlAuthenHandler =>
> 'Apache::AuthTicket->authenticate');
>
> return DECLINED;
> }
>
> 1;
> ---[end]-----
>
> But when I try to access a location under that configuration,
> I see in my error log:
> [Mon Jun 25 18:33:55 2001] [crit] [client 192.168.10.15]
> configuration error: couldn't check user. No user file?:
> /u/IntranetLoginForm
>
> (/u/IntranetLoginForm is the login CGI form that Apache::AuthTicket
> uses).
>
> All I'm trying to do at this point is set up a PerlAuthenHandler that
> passes control to another one (Apache::AuthTicket->authenticate).
>
> Of course, everything works with the configuration
>
> <Location />
> AuthType Apache::AuthTicket
> AuthName HomeIntranet
> #PerlAuthenHandler Intranet::CheckSiteAuthen
> PerlAuthenHandler Apache::AuthTicket->authenticate
> PerlAuthzHandler Apache::AuthTicket->authorize
> require valid-user
> </Location>
>
> Any suggestions for me?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Steve Chadsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> "So drink to forget and drown all your sorrows
> Bury your dreams and choose catharsis!"
> -- Sentenced, "Nepenthe"
>
