authentication being passed to php

[Igor Sysoev]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:57:06AM +0100, nginx.mailinglist wrote:

> Hi Igor
> its ok i got it working now!
> 
> all i have to do was add this to my config
> 
> 
> *fastcgi_pass_header ** **Authorization;*
> 
> 
> i wasn't testing the HTTP request properly so wasn't seeing the results
> expected

fastcgi_pass_header passes headers from backend to client.
It can not resolve your issue.

> Thank you very much!
> made my work day
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2009/7/23 Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>
> 
> > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:22:19AM +0100, nginx.mailinglist wrote:
> >
> > > Thank you
> > > I see that works fine for that particular user:pass combo
> > >
> > > but (sorry to be a pain)
> > >
> > > that means i have to encode the user:pass combination into the config
> > file
> > >
> > > what happens if there are thousands of user:pass combinations?
> > >
> > > how can this info be dynamically passed to the php backend for
> > > authentication to occur there (by looking up in a database for example)?
> > >
> > > i cant be updating the config file everytime a new user is added that can
> > be
> > > crazy especially if there are thousands or more users
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > edit: i google and found this old email conversation on nginx mailinglist
> > >
> > http://markmail.org/message/tl7h2fclizgptwnr#query:NGINX%20PHP%20AUTHENTICATION+page:1+mid:f3xw2gjllat6urff+state:results
> >
> > I do not understand your problem.
> > nginx passes client's user:pass in Authorization header transparently.
> >
> > > 2009/7/23 Igor Sysoev <is at rambler-co.ru>
> > >
> > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:50:12AM +0100, nginx.mailinglist wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello
> > > > > just a quick question
> > > > >
> > > > > in lighttpd i was able to pass the username and pass from the url to
> > php
> > > > > backend
> > > > >
> > > > > but nothing happens in nginx?
> > > > >
> > > > > let me explain
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > lets say you have a URL like this
> > > > >
> > > > > http://userX:passY@example.com/bleh.php
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > i expect my php backend to have user and pass entries in the $_SERVER
> > > > > variable as happens with lighttpd
> > > > >
> > > > > am i missing something with nginx? is it even possible?
> > > >
> > > > $echo userX:passY | perl -MMIME::Base64 -lne 'print encode_base64 $_'
> > > > dXNlclg6cGFzc1k=
> > > >
> > > >      proxy_pass http://example.com/bleh.php;
> > > >      proxy_set_header  Authorization "Basic dXNlclg6cGFzc1k=";
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Igor Sysoev
> > > > http://sysoev.ru/en/
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > Igor Sysoev
> > http://sysoev.ru/en/
> >
> >

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Igor Sysoev
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