On 10/19/07, loredana loredana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, here's something I don't understand. I've connected my apache and tomcat
> using mod_jk
> in my httpd.conf I wrote
> SetEnv REMOTE_USER xxx
> PassEnv REMOTE_USER
>
> and then in tomcat I just wrote a file
>
> <% out.print (request.getAttribute("REMOTE_USER")); %> and well enough, I got
> xxx printed on the page
>
> now, I installed a module for authentication in apache, wrote a small php
> file that prints out all the headers and I got a big list among which
> REMOTE_USER had the value equal to the username. But now, in tomcat, the same
> small file doesn't return anything even though REMOTE_USER has a value and in
> httpd.conf I left the PassEnv REMOTE_USER line.
>
> So where's the catch? If I set the environment and pass it, tomcat sees it,
> if it's set by the authentication module and I just pass it, tomcat doesn't
> see it. anybody knows why?
>
PassEnv is used to pass environment variables from the OS shell that
starts apache to apache child processes like CGI scripts.
Per-request env variables are process-local and can't be passed back
to tomcat. You should ask on a tomcat list for the standard way to
pass back auth info.
Joshua.
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