Reading Apache environment variables in Seaside

> All,
>
> I am working on developing a Seaside application which I eventually plan to
> deploy behind our university's custom authentication system. This mechanism
> sets a particular Apache environment variable equal to the username that was
> authenticated. I have read through all of the Seaside book and looked
> through the classes, but have not come to an answer on how I can read out
> environment variables from the request, especially when served behind
> Apache. I currently serve other applications using different frameworks via
> AJP behind Apache and the necessary variables are passed through, so I am
> hoping there is a way to get access to them in Seaside. Any guidance would
> be fantastic.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Charlie Meyer
>
> Department of Computer Science
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> MC/258
> 201 N. Goodwin Ave
> Urbana, IL 61801
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> All,
>
> I am working on developing a Seaside application which I eventually plan to
> deploy behind our university's custom authentication system. This mechanism
> sets a particular Apache environment variable equal to the username that was
> authenticated. I have read through all of the Seaside book and looked
> through the classes, but have not come to an answer on how I can read out
> environment variables from the request, especially when served behind
> Apache. I currently serve other applications using different frameworks via
> AJP behind Apache and the necessary variables are passed through, so I am
> hoping there is a way to get access to them in Seaside. Any guidance would
> be fantastic.

> 2011/4/7 Charlie Meyer <[hidden email]>:
>> All,
>>
>> I am working on developing a Seaside application which I eventually plan
>> to
>> deploy behind our university's custom authentication system. This
>> mechanism
>> sets a particular Apache environment variable equal to the username that
>> was
>> authenticated. I have read through all of the Seaside book and looked
>> through the classes, but have not come to an answer on how I can read out
>> environment variables from the request, especially when served behind
>> Apache. I currently serve other applications using different frameworks
>> via
>> AJP behind Apache and the necessary variables are passed through, so I am
>> hoping there is a way to get access to them in Seaside. Any guidance
>> would
>> be fantastic.
>
> Well since you're already using AJP why not keep using AJP [1]? It
> should read the environment variables. There's one gotcha though, it
> doesn't pass them to Seaside yet. They could be put on the request or
> request context though.
>
>  [1]
> http://book.seaside.st/book/advanced/deployment/deployment-apache/mod-proxy-ajp