nows that the page that was requested is a simple
document as opposed to a CGI application. It also knows that this document
has no way of validating the credentials submitted via basic authentication,
so the server does the verification for you.
The REMOTE_USER variable is used to identify the person/r
cc:
Subject: RE: REMOTE_USER
Colin Johnstone wrote:
> Gidday All,
>
> We are running AIX on an IBM HTTP server with IHS.
>
> We are serving static HTML pages. Some of these pages are to
> be protected.
OK. That's the job of the web server, so you need to configu
serId) email
> address will be stored in the environment variable
> REMOTE_USER for access
> by cgi-scripts.
The environment variables are set by the web server prior to invoking the
CGI script.
>
> Now what I don't understand is how from a static HTML page
> can I check
>
protected pages without
logging in again for the duration of the session.
I understand that once a user is authenticated their (userId) email
address will be stored in the environment variable REMOTE_USER for access
by cgi-scripts.
Now what I don't understand is how from a static HTML page
