On Nov 22, 2007 8:36 PM, Booth Developer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For some users, request.remote_ip always return nil. According to the > RAILS's help: > > REMOTE_ADDR is the standard but will fail if the user is behind a proxy. > HTTP_CLIENT_IP and/or HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR are set by proxies so check > for these before falling back to REMOTE_ADDR. HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR may > be a comma- delimited list in the case of multiple chained proxies; the > first is the originating IP. > > The system is running on the Mongrel Cluster behind Apache 2.2 with > # mod_proxy, mod_proxy-html, and mod_proxy_balancer > # mod_rewrite > # mod_deflate > # mod_headers > (setup: http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/docs/apache.html) > > Would it be due to: > > 1) IPv6 or Asian IP addresses? > 2) mod_proxy or mod_rewrite?? > 3) ....
Most likely the REMOTE_ADDR is not being forwarded to Mongrel from the mod_proxy* Best bet would be to checkout the mod_proxy* docs. ~Wayne _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
