[web2py] Re: Suggestion to add more mod_wsgi info to help new users -- WSGIPassAuthorization for instance

[Larry Weinberg]

Great!  Thanks Massimo.  I'm sure that will save some others some time!

[web2py] Re: Suggestion to add more mod_wsgi info to help new users -- WSGIPassAuthorization for instance

[Massimo Di Pierro]

Thank you. I updated setup-web2py-ubuntu.sh and setup-web2py-fedora.sh

On Wednesday, 27 June 2012 20:47:34 UTC-5, Larry Weinberg wrote:
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> In order to have the web2py examples work out of the box on Apache with 
> mod_wsgi, an extra directive is needed in the Apache configuration for the 
> VirtualHost (or directory, or .htaccess)
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> WSGIPassAuthorization On
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> This allows basic authentication to proceed through. 
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> It looks like there are some good reasons why mod_wsgi in apache strips 
> authorization by default:
> The link to the info is: 
> http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationDirectives#WSGIPassAuthorization
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[web2py] Re: Suggestion to add more mod_wsgi info to help new users -- WSGIPassAuthorization for instance

[Larry Weinberg]

In order to have the web2py examples work out of the box on Apache with 
mod_wsgi, an extra directive is needed in the Apache configuration for the 
VirtualHost

WSGIPassAuthorization On

This allows basic authentication to proceed through. 

It looks like there are some good reasons why mod_wsgi in apache strips 
authorization by default:
The link to the info is: 
http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationDirectives#WSGIPassAuthorization

[web2py] Re: Suggestion to add more mod_wsgi info to help new users -- WSGIPassAuthorization for instance

[Massimo Di Pierro]

Please. Tell us more.

On Wednesday, 27 June 2012 16:41:39 UTC-5, Larry Weinberg wrote:
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> I'm a newbie to apache configuration, so I just spent hours trying to 
> determine why none of the REST-api-with-authentication web2py examples 
> were working for me. All worked fine without authentication.
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> It turns out the apache server with mod_wsgi strips the authorization out 
> by default.
> A one line sentence about this in the web2py manual would have left me 
> with more hair!
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> Thanks for listening.
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