Fossil SCM
Support REMOTE_USER CGI variable to auto login when using fossil cgi mode
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· opened 16 years ago
- Type
- Feature_Request
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- Resolution
- Fixed
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- Created
- March 28, 2010 12:24 p.m.
When using https or other authentication solutions such as single signon etc., the web server provides the authenticated user name in the REMOTE_USER environment variable when running a cgi script.
I would be really nice if fossil cgi could take advantage of this.
If REMOTE_USER is set to an existing fossil user name then that user is automatically logged in. If REMOTE_USER is set to a user name that is not present in the fossil user table, then the anonymous user is automatically logged in.
This would be a really handy way to integrate fossil with preexisting authentication solutions.
Some support seen for this on the mailing list:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01711.html
"Nothing to contribute other than to say, yeah, that would be pretty cool."
NOTE: Supporting REMOTE_USER only makes sense when running in "fossil cgi" mode.