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Why isn REMOTE_USER set for protected directories?

April 26, 2017Directories protected REMOTE_USER

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Why isn REMOTE_USER set for protected directories?

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This is usually asked for CGI scripts which use the POST method. As shown in the User Authentication Tutorial, you need to use the Limit directive to limit the directory. The Limit directive takes as arguments which methods need to be limited.