indranil
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accessing html user's LAN login name
Is it possible to access the user's login name using CGI? If not, can java applet or anything else do the same? What about the environment variables that HTML returns? How are they accessed using C++ CGI program?
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Sorry Julio, but I cut and paste from HTTP/1.0 spec and
I confirm that REMOTE_IDENT if got from RFC931 indentifcation
system.
What you are refering to is REMOTE_USER :
REMOTE_USER
If the server supports user authentication, and the script is protected, this is the username they have authenticated
as.
(http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/env.html)
I confirm that REMOTE_IDENT if got from RFC931 indentifcation
system.
What you are refering to is REMOTE_USER :
REMOTE_USER
If the server supports user authentication, and the script is protected, this is the username they have authenticated
as.
(http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/env.html)
Me, i'm sorry OM, because i made you waste your time... i.e. you're right.
All right.But we are all waiting for indranil reaction :
either accept or reject the answer.
either accept or reject the answer.
Also, since those who get REMOTE_IDENT are the same people who have set up an account for you, i cannot see it as being particularly against privacy.