Passing the headers is also controlled by a flag in the configuration.

Also, check that no other process / middleware from your platform is
overwriting them.
On Mar 18, 2013 6:36 PM, "Jeff Charette" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I ended up using the admin account from couch to do what I need, but am
> going to circle back on this.  I tried that approach by passing the
> AuthSession already to no avail.  What else do I need in the header or is
> there a good doc on this?
>
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> On Mar 13, 2013, at 3:03 PM, Stephen Bartell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Jeff, the auth is in the headers.
> >
> > Using externals, your node app will get the request, which will contain
> the headers, which will contain the auth.  Have the app pick the auth bits
> out of the headers and plug them into the headers of the new requests it is
> about to make.
> >
> > On Mar 12, 2013, at 5:08 PM, Jeff Charette <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> How do you pass authentication to an outside process?  Is there a way
> to do this with headers?
> >>
> >> My use case is to use externals to pass an already authenticated
> request directly to node then have node act as that user on the users
> documents.
> >>
> >> Jeff Charette | Principal
> >> We Are Charette
> >> web / identity / packaging
> >>
> >> m  415.298.2707
> >> w  wearecharette.com
> >> e   [email protected]
> >
>
>

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