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authorSimon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>2017-05-14 14:44:43 +0100
committerSimon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>2017-05-14 15:37:45 +0100
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httpauth: If REMOTE_USER is empty, behave as though it was unset
A frequently cut-and-pasted HTTP basic authentication configuration for nginx sets it to the empty string when not authenticated, which is not useful.
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@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ It seems I can't log out from nowhere. I've rebuild the wiki from the command li
> with one of a limited set of authorized usernames.
>
> --[[smcv]]
+>
+>> If my theory is correct, ikiwiki git master now works around this, and the
+>> [[plugins/httpauth]] documentation now recommends a more correct configuration.
+>> --[[smcv]]
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