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Re: Apache mod_proxy_http and REMOTE_USER

From: Oleksiy Stashok <oleksiy.stashok_at_oracle.com>
Date: Sat, 05 May 2012 11:33:52 +0300

Hi Kevin,

pls. file an issue, we'll address it asap.

Thanks.

WBR,
Alexey.

On 05/04/2012 07:54 PM, Kevin Regan wrote:
> Thank you. I'll give this a try if I decide to switch to mod_proxy_ajp. As a side note mod_proxy_ajp does work with Jetty to set this value. However, Jetty, like Glassfish seems to have trouble with mod_proxy_http.
>
> So, again, is there any solution for mod_proxy_http?
>
> --Kevin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Braswell, Stephen [mailto:stephen_at_unc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 3:39 PM
> To:<users_at_glassfish.java.net>
> Subject: Re: Apache mod_proxy_http and REMOTE_USER
>
>> I can access these variables through the HttpServletRequest.getHeader() method. However, I would like HttpServletRequest.getRemoteUser() (and javax.ws.rs.SecurityContext) to work (it currently returns NULL). Is there a configuration setting necessary to map the appropriate HTTP header so that Glassfish uses it as the authenticated user?
> See if the following trick helps:
>
> http://java.net/projects/glassfish/lists/users/archive/2010-02/message/720