[Zope] - difference between AUTHENTICATED_USER and REMOTE_USER

[Jim Fulton]

Brian Hooper wrote:
> 
> Hi there -
> 
> I was wondering, what's the difference between the DTML variables
> AUTHENTICATED_USER (defined by Zope) and REMOTE_USER (listed in the
> DTML guide as a CGI-defined request variable.
> 
> If AUTHENTICATED_USER is defined in a given page, it seems like
> REMOTE_USER should also be defined - however, when I do something like
> 
> <!--#if AUTHENTICATED_USER-->
> <!--#var REQUEST-->
> <!--#/if-->
> 
> REQUEST contains a lot of stuff but not REMOTE_USER.  Am I misunderstanding
> the meaning of this variable?

Yes. REMOTE_USER is only present if authentication is
performed by the web server.  If REMOTE_USER is defined, then
AUTHENTICATED_USER will be also, and they will have the same
string representation.

> (the reason I want to do this is, I want to use the name of the remote user
> as a parameter for a database access; there must be a good way to do this)

Just use AUTHENTICATED_USER.

Jim

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