Re: CGI and REMOTE_USER

robm@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Rob McCool)
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From: robm@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Rob McCool)
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 13:39:51 -0600
In-Reply-To: Markus Stumpf <stumpf@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
       "Re: CGI and REMOTE_USER" (Jan 19, 12:08am)
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Subject: Re: CGI and REMOTE_USER
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 * Re: CGI and REMOTE_USER  by Markus Stumpf (stumpf@informatik.tu-muenchen.de)
 *    written on Jan 19, 12:08am.
 *
 * 
 * |> REMOTE_LOGNAME or something like that for the identd-given username?
 * 
 * I have used the REMOTE_LOGNAME variable.
 * 
 */

Is there anyone who objects to REMOTE_LOGNAME being added to the CGI spec as
the RFC931 username of the remote user? This variable will be completely
optional as to whether a server wants to support it or not.

--Rob