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diff --git a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn index 2fae07739..58a08599c 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/httpauth.mdwn @@ -35,3 +35,12 @@ configure `httpauth_pagespec` in the setup file. This makes Edit links on pages that match the [[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] automatically use the `cgiauthurl`, and prevents matching pages from being edited by users authentication via other methods. + +## Using httpauth with nginx + +You have to pass the $remote_user variable to the CGI: + + location /ikiwiki.cgi { + fastcgi_param REMOTE_USER $remote_user; + .... + } |