[undertow-dev] Can't get remote_user with basic auth

[Brad Wood]

Ahh, thanks for that.  Let me confer with the lead dev for this project and
we'll see if we can get this squared away.

Thanks!

~Brad

*Developer Advocate*
*Ortus Solutions, Corp *

E-mail: brad at coldbox.org
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On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 9:02 PM, Stuart Douglas <sdouglas at redhat.com> wrote:

> It sounds like you are trying to use the Servlet API?
>
> If so then you don't install the basic auth handler manually, you set
> the appropriate info into DeploymentInfo and Undertow will set it up
> for you.
>
> Here is an example:
> https://github.com/undertow-io/undertow/blob/master/
> servlet/src/test/java/io/undertow/servlet/test/security/basic/
> ServletBasicAuthTestCase.java#L89
>
> Stuart
>
> On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Brad Wood <bdw429s at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello, I'm having troubles getting the remote_user cgi variable when
> using
> > basic authentication.  The basic auth itself seems to work fine.  The
> > browser challenges me, I enter a user/pass, and the page loads.  However
> > request.getRemoteUser() is returning null.
> >
> > Here is the bits that are setting up the basic auth handler:
> > https://github.com/cfmlprojects/runwar/blob/master/src/runwar/security/
> SecurityManager.java#L24
> >
> > I've Googled quite a bit and I can't find any guides that indicate that
> > anything special needs set up for remote user to be available.  I also
> found
> > the exchange attribute class for remote user in Undertow, but can't find
> any
> > docs or guides at all that indicate how it is to be used or if I need to
> be
> > doing anything with it in regards to basic auth.
> >
> > Can someone provide a sanity check on what is missing for the remote
> user to
> > be available?
> >
> > Using Undertow 1.4.11.Final
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > ~Brad
> >
> > Developer Advocate
> > Ortus Solutions, Corp
> >
> > E-mail: brad at coldbox.org
> > ColdBox Platform: http://www.coldbox.org
> > Blog: http://www.codersrevolution.com
> >
> >
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