Steve Adams replied to me in stead of the list: > Frank Maas wrote: >>> I would like to know if there is a module that allows me to capture >>> the currently logged in user name of a client accessing a Apache web >>> server. >> >> Let me get this straight... You are looking for a module _on the >> Apache server_ that extracts the name under which the user logged in >> on the _client_? This would mean that the browser the client uses, >> forwards this information to the server. I think no browser (should) >> do this and even if it did, the information you get (on the server) >> cannot be trusted.
> Browsers? IE will do this as will Mozilla (Windows Only) 1.4 and > better. It's commonplace to do transparent NTLM auth from IIS/IE for > intranet services. This Microsoft http "extension" to make this happen > is very poorly documented and is obviously targeted at IIS/IE. Mozilla > also has patch code for cross-platform NTLM but it's alpha at best and > has additional requirements on authenticators that I do not fully > understand at this time. > > I think what Brett is asking is if there is a handler here that will > work with this Microsoft http extension (that requests NTLM auth from > the browser). I have not seen anything (and I've been looking) but it > would be a nice project since transparent NTLM auth is what keeps a > fair number of intranets from moving to Apache (ours included). > > Steve -- Reporting bugs: http://perl.apache.org/bugs/ Mail list info: http://perl.apache.org/maillist/modperl.html
