Hello everyone!

I am currently using Apache-1.3.14 with php-4.0.4pl1 compiled statically 
into it and running on RedHat Linux 6.2 . Apache is configured to do 
authentication for certain URLs via a auth_ldap module which is 
dynamically loaded when Apache starts.

I noticed that when I access the protected URL, PHP_AUTH_PW will give me 
the password for the user who is currently logged to the protected site. 
If I recall correctly, earlier versions of PHP4 and PHP3 didn't have 
this "feature" .

This "feature" creates a problem when the protected URL is shared by 
many parties with each party providing it's own services under the 
protected URL as any party would be able to "steal" the 
username/password without the end user knowing. The username/password is 
used to control who has access to the protected URL and the parties are 
not required to make use of the password.

Is there anyway to disable this "feature" or is the disclosure of the 
password a bug?

Many thanks for any advice!

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