Get htpasswd username

[hgwoss]

Hi,

I want to process the current users htpasswd username, which he has
entered in order to access a website.

I would appreciate any info.

 

[Paul Lalli]

Hi,

I want to process the current users htpasswd username, which he has
entered in order to access a website.

I would appreciate any info.

Apache stores this in the REMOTE_USER environment variable. Perl
provides access to the environment variables via the global %ENV hash.
Therefore:

my $username = $ENV{REMOTE_USER};

Paul Lalli