REMOTE_USER Blank w/o BASIC Password Authentication

Last reviewed: April 22, 1997
Article ID: Q150825

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Information Server version 1.0

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) does not return a username for the variable REMOTE_USER unless the WWW Service Properties dialog box options for BASIC (CLEAR TEXT) Password Authentication is selected and Allow Anonymous is cleared.

If you wish to use the REMOTE_USER variable in a CGI script, you will have to use BASIC (CLEAR TEXT) Password Authentication. With Anonymous authentication, it assumes the user is Anonymous and the variable is not a value assigned.

MORE INFORMATION

The following batch file will display in a browser the environment variables used by IIS to include REMOTE_USER:

   @echo off
   echo Content-Type: text/plain
   echo.
   set

Additional query words: prodnt not selected
Keywords : iissecurity iissetup kbsetup
Version : 1.0 3.5 3.51
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 22, 1997
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