> We'll be using a Novell iChain proxy server for user
> authentication and authorization in front of a ColdFusion 4.5
> website.
> How would I access the HTTP_AUTHORIZATION header in CF?
>
> I know it's populated b/c I have an .asp page that's
> displaying it. That is:
> - asp code:
> EncodedAuthHeader = Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_AUTHORIZATION")
> Response.Write "Encoded_AuthHeader: " + EncodedAuthHeader + "<BR>"
> - asp result:
> Encoded_AuthHeader: Basic
> Y249U2FtbXlBZ2VudCxvdT1Vc2VycyxvdT00ODEwMCxvdT1BZ2VuY2llcyxvPU
> NTRVBVQkxJQzpTYW1teVBTV0Q=
> - cfm code:
> <CFOUTPUT>
> CGI.HTTP_AUTHORIZATION {#CGI.HTTP_AUTHORIZATION#} </CFOUTPUT>
> - cfm result:
> CGI.HTTP_AUTHORIZATION {}
That should work, actually. Since it doesn't, you might want to just dump
the CGI scope to see what's in there.
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