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Bug #7441 HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_USER"]
Submitted: 2000-10-24 16:55 UTC Modified: 2000-10-25 05:53 UTC
From: yossi dot kimron at attunity dot co dot il Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: 4.0.3pl1 OS: Linux 6.1 Red Hat
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2000-10-24 16:55 UTC] yossi dot kimron at attunity dot co dot il 
Hi ,

After logon through protected directories the environment variable HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_USER"] is set with the given user name at http access logon.

But when the application move up to others directories the environment HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_USER"] disappear !

After comming back through the protected directories ( from the same sesion ) without login again the related environment HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_USER"] appear again.

Should i see the HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_USER"] after the first logon in all directories until the session get close.

I think that is a bug because it is the way you to known if your user already logon.

Regards ,

Yossi Kimron

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 [2000-10-25 05:53 UTC] lyric@php.net 
This is not a PHP issue.  $REMOTE_USER is a variable that PHP reads from the environment of the hosting web server.

The reason that it's not being set for "higher" directories, is that the authentication works on against a directory-and-below, not across the entire site (if the password is not required at /).  When it's not required, the browser doesn't send it, so the server doesn't have it to pass onto PHP.
 
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