If you're still considering a web single sign-on solution for Apache/Tomcat, take a look at Cams. It's much more cost-effective than SunOne Identity server, and gives you quite a bit of value add over Apache or Tomcat security:
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Let us know your thoughts,
Gary
Tim O'Donnell wrote:
Hi all,
I was hoping someone here could confirm a suspicion of mine, as I've been unable to uncover a definitive answer searching other forums (web, javasoft forum, mailing list archives).
I've setup Apache web server to perform basic auth against a webapp directory in tomcat. I'm using the jk connector to forward certain contexts and jsp requests to Tomcat. The authentication works as expected. However, the REMOTE_USER (via request.getRemoteUser() method) environment variable returns null when I try to access it from Tomcat. That variable, however, is populated when I inspect it with the printenv cgi-script running in Apache.
Is this simply because Apache and Tomcat are two separate containers and don't share that environment info? Or am I doing something wrong?
I suspect what I'm trying to do isn't possible, but I'd really appreciate someone confirming this for me.
Thanks for your time,
Tim
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