I don't know of a way to make that happen, sorry. I don't think Apache's authentication mechanism permits (what are effectively) proxy sources access to the request in that way.
Marc Farrow wrote: > Thanks for the tip Pid. How do you go the other way? What if I have an > Apache installation on a server and I want to authenticate through Tomcat > and then pass that principal to Apache.. Is this possible? They are not > connected using a connector. > > On 8/11/06, Jason Nesbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> wow. I must have glazed right over that when looking at the >> documentation. >> >> Thanks! >> >> On 8/11/06, Pid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-5.5-doc/config/ajp.html >> > >> > set <Connector ... tomcatAuthentication="false" ...> >> > >> > >> > Jason Nesbitt wrote: >> > > I'm using apache as a front end to my tomcat 5.5 server and they are >> > > connected through the AJP 1.3 Connector. The problem I am having is >> > that >> > > the authentication info doesn't seem like its getting propagated from >> > > apache >> > > to tomcat. When I call request.getRemoteUser() it returns null >> though >> I >> > > was >> > > authenticated through apache. The weird thing is that we have a >> > > tomcat 4.0container that the same apache server directs some requests >> > > to and the >> > > authentication information is propagated without a problem. It >> however >> > is >> > > using the older tomcat4.Ajp13Connector though. >> > > The following is the Connector element in my tomcat 5.5 >> server.xmlfile >> > > <Connector port="8010" enableLookups="false" redirectPort="8443" >> > > protocol="AJP/1.3" /> >> > > >> > > Any hints? >> > > >> > > Thanks >> > > >> > > Jason >> > > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
