Re: [users@httpd] httpd reverse proxy pass username per http_header

Hi, I just found http://serverfault.com/questions/207301/get-the-authenticated-user-under-apache which suggests: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{LA-U:REMOTE_USER} (.+) RewriteRule . - [E=RU:%1] RequestHeader set X-Remote-User "%{RU}e" env=RU And that exactly does the trick. KR

[users@httpd] httpd reverse proxy pass username per http_header

Hi, I'm trying to put httpd as reverse-proxy in front of a third party java application (running in tomcat) to handle authentication in httpd. The thirdparty app claims to be able to accept the user (that is authenticated before it hits the app) via http header (I can configure the http variab