Maybe you can try to add specifically: $r->connection->user('who_the_user_is') before the cookie access control returns OK in the module. Note that some of the cookie authentication modules are based on "access-only" control so $r->connection->user() can return a value in late phases only if one assigns it at the first place.
Peter Bi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Robinton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 1:05 PM Subject: odd authetication situation > > I have a modperl handler that sets a cookie and does a redirect if the > cookie was not present. The redirected page eventually loads the same page > again. In addition, this page is called from a protected portion of the > site that requires Basic Auth. > > When the redirect calls the mod_perl routine the second or "some" > subsequent times, $r->connection->user and $ENV{REMOTE_USER} are both > empty or non-existent yet the page does not appear to fail the > authentication request and executes and returns html. > > The failure is repeatable though not consistently so, maybe 70% or more. > > I'm scratching my head on this one. Any ideas?? > > Michael > >