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RE: Getting username and password from the URL.

by jjhorner (Hermit)
on Jun 12, 2000 at 03:08 UTC ( [id://17647]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Getting username and password from the URL.

If you are using mod_perl, try this:

$username = $r->connection->user my($ret, $password) = $r->get_basic_auth_pw;

The $username will be the username entered when challenged, $ret will be either OK, DECLINED, SERVER_ERROR, or AUTH_REQUIRED, and $password will be the plain text password entered at the challenge. These must be used with Basic authorization type.

J. J. Horner
Linux, Perl, Apache, Stronghold, Unix
jhorner@knoxlug.org http://www.knoxlug.org/

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RE: RE: Getting username and password from the URL.
by Punto (Scribe) on Jun 12, 2000 at 06:33 UTC
    If you are using mod_perl, try this:

    The server is running mod_perl (I can see "mod_perl" on the "server" part of the http responses), I tryed this:

    #!/usr/bin/perl print "Content type: text/html\n\n"; $username = $r->connection->user; my($ret, $password) = $r->get_basic_auth_pw; print $password;
    And I get an "Internal Server Error". Do I have to use some library or something on the script?

    Thanks!

      Yes, you'll need to get the $r object, which you don't have in your script. $r is the Apache request record.

      You should set up your script as an Apache::Registry script. Then you can get $r like this:

      my $r = Apache->request;
      To set the script up as Apache::Registry, add something like this to httpd.conf:
      <Location /perl> SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::Registry Options +ExecCGI </Location>
      This sets up the perl subroutine under the document root to run under Apache::Registry. So put your script there.

      Or, if you set up a mod_perl handler, your handler subroutine will be passed $r.

      For example, you might set up a handler thusly in your httpd.conf:

      <Location /foo> SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler My::Foo </Location>
      And then in My::Foo:
      package My::Foo; use strict; sub handler { my $r = shift; my $user = $r->connection->user; my($ret, $password) = $r->get_basic_auth_pw; $r->send_http_header; $r->print($user); $r->print($password); } 1;
      I'd recommend trying the first approach.

      While btrott's answer was right, I thought I would send you to a real world example here.

      J. J. Horner
      Linux, Perl, Apache, Stronghold, Unix
      jhorner@knoxlug.org http://www.knoxlug.org/
      

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