Artifact 294f0545597c9d70d2928527f251bdb90775b8d2:

Ticket change [294f054559] - New ticket [49929a3557] Support REMOTE_USER CGI variable to auto login when using fossil cgi mode. by anonymous 2010-03-28 12:24:37.

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D 2010-03-28T12:24:37
J comment When\susing\shttps\sor\sother\sauthentication\ssolutions\ssuch\sas\ssingle\ssignon\setc.,\sthe\sweb\sserver\sprovides\sthe\sauthenticated\suser\sname\sin\sthe\sREMOTE_USER\senvironment\svariable\swhen\srunning\sa\scgi\sscript.\r\n\r\nI\swould\sbe\sreally\snice\sif\sfossil\scgi\scould\stake\sadvantage\sof\sthis.\r\n\r\nIf\sREMOTE_USER\sis\sset\sto\san\sexisting\sfossil\suser\sname\sthen\sthat\suser\sis\sautomatically\slogged\sin.\r\nIf\sREMOTE_USER\sis\sset\sto\sa\suser\sname\sthat\sis\snot\spresent\sin\sthe\sfossil\suser\stable,\sthen\sthe\sanonymous\suser\sis\sautomatically\slogged\sin.\r\n\r\nThis\swould\sbe\sa\sreally\shandy\sway\sto\sintegrate\sfossil\swith\spreexisting\sauthentication\ssolutions.\r\n\r\nSome\ssupport\sseen\sfor\sthis\son\sthe\smailing\slist:\r\n\r\nhttp://www.mail-archive.com/fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org/msg01711.html\r\n\r\n\s\s"Nothing\sto\scontribute\sother\sthan\sto\ssay,\syeah,\sthat\swould\sbe\spretty\scool."\r\n\r\nNOTE:\sSupporting\sREMOTE_USER\sonly\smakes\ssense\swhen\srunning\sin\s"fossil\scgi"\smode.
J private_contact ae1a74676bb0d1ac520802109f926567b1637ac7
J status Open
J title Support\sREMOTE_USER\sCGI\svariable\sto\sauto\slogin\swhen\susing\sfossil\scgi\smode
J type Feature_Request
K 49929a3557ab0d357c2f5b2b5f672d59b3aacd25
U anonymous
Z 5219b9c8e3812141864ddff2b0e74804