RE: Getting username and password from the URL.

[jjhorner]

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
[e-mail] http://www.knoxlug.org/

[Punto]

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!

[btrott]

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.

[jjhorner]

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
[e-mail] http://www.knoxlug.org/