User talk:Otheus/Auto Login via REMOTE USER/bugs

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Otheus 02:00, 14 January 2006 (UTC): The original version had the following flaws/bugs:[reply]

  1. Outside PEAR modules were required for correct operation.
  2. New users were added by having the server do a POST to the Wiki. Very little error checking was possible and some tweaking was required to get this to work right.
  3. The POST mechanism required the .htaccess hack and that the server connect to itself via port 127.0.0.1. This was not possible for our environment, which makes extensive use of IP and Named Virtual hosting.
  4. The extension required the addition of code inside index.php. This is generally undesirable.

I must add: I am very grateful for the author's original contributions. I could not have done a damn thing without him and his work!

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