Yes, I have a test server I'm going to check this one. thanks for the link, that's perfect...I'll add some debugging code in here to see what's going on.
On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Dannon Baker <dannon.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do you have a way to verify the "HTTP_MAIL" header is actually being > passed through your proxy server? > > The problem is that Galaxy still doesn't think it's receiving the expected > headers, so there isn't a good way that it can tell you more about what > might be going on. If you're able to tweak Galaxy (using a test server) > and add a few logging statements the code, this would be good places to > check what's going on (print the `environ` dictionary associated with that > request, along with self.remote_user_header to see what Galaxy is actually > trying to use): > > > https://github.com/galaxyproject/galaxy/blob/dev/lib/galaxy/web/framework/middleware/remoteuser.py#L49 > > -Dannon > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Ryan G <ngsbioinformat...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> It turns out our authentication system passes a header 'HTTP_MAIL' which >> contains the users email address. In galaxy.ini, I have >> >> use_remote_user = True >> remote_user_header = HTTP_MAIL >> >> After restarting,Galaxy still gives the same error. >> >> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Dannon Baker <dannon.ba...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ryan, >>> >>> It may be that Galaxy is looking for a different remote user header than >>> your proxy is setting. I believe by default we look for HTTP_REMOTE_USER, >>> but this is configurable in galaxy.ini (so, you could set yours to >>> HTTP_USER there). Let me know if this doesn't sort it out for you and we >>> can dig deeper! >>> >>> -Dannon >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Ryan G <ngsbioinformat...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all - I'm trying to use external user authentication with Galaxy. >>>> The external authentication passes to Galaxy the username with the mail >>>> domain at HTTP_USER. >>>> >>>> In galaxy.ini, I enable: >>>> use_remote_user = True >>>> >>>> >>>> When I try to access Galaxy, I get the message: >>>> Galaxy is configured to authenticate users via an external method (such >>>> as HTTP authentication in Apache), but a username was not provided by the >>>> upstream (proxy) server. This is generally due to a misconfiguration in the >>>> upstream server. >>>> >>>> But nothing in paster.log indicating what the error is. >>>> >>>> How do I track this down? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ___________________________________________________________ >>>> Please keep all replies on the list by using "reply all" >>>> in your mail client. To manage your subscriptions to this >>>> and other Galaxy lists, please use the interface at: >>>> https://lists.galaxyproject.org/ >>>> >>>> To search Galaxy mailing lists use the unified search at: >>>> http://galaxyproject.org/search/mailinglists/ >>>> >>> >>> >> >
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