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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Forgive me if this is a known issue and this documentation
is just not up to date as 3.1.2 is a beta <span class=GramE>version,</span>
however I am just getting familiar with <span class=SpellE>mod_python</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In section 3.4 the following example code is presented:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<pre><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>from</span></font></span> <span class=SpellE>mod_python</span> import apache<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><span
class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>def</span></font></span> <span
class=SpellE>authenhandler</span>(<span class=SpellE>req</span>):<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE>pw</span></span> = <span class=SpellE>req.get_basic_auth_pw</span>()<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=GramE>user</span> = <span class=SpellE>req.user</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=GramE>if</span> user == "spam" and <span class=SpellE>pw</span> == "eggs":<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=GramE>return</span> <span class=SpellE>apache.OK</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=GramE>else</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span
class=GramE>return</span> <span class=SpellE>apache.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This code would cause my apache to return a 500 internal
server error and I found the following in my logs:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>[Thu Feb 05 21:24:09 2004] [<span class=GramE>error</span>]
[<span class=GramE>client</span> 10.0.0.1] <span class=SpellE>python_handler</span>:
After <span class=SpellE>PythonAuthenHandler</span> <span class=SpellE>req</span>->user
is NULL. Assign <span class=SpellE>req.user</span> to avoid this error.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>From that I was able to deduce the problem and added:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<pre><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span></span></font><span class=SpellE>req.user</span> = ‘unauthorized’<o:p></o:p></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>directly</span></font></span><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> above the
return <span class=SpellE>apache.HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>No big deal, but <span class=GramE>whoever</span> takes care
of the docs might want to update the example.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Btw, I love what I see so far! I’m a long time apache/<span
class=SpellE>php/mysql</span> user and I’ve also done several projects
with j2ee and .net but I have high hopes that <span class=SpellE>mod_python</span>
will be a more flexible and powerful platform for some upcoming projects!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>John McCaskey<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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