Apache+MySQL+htaccess - nxt steps after authentication

I've set-up Apache to authenticate using htaccess and MySQL. That part
works great. I'm trying to figure out how to get access (cgi? php?
server config?) to the user_name provided in the login pop-up box to
personalize the pages seen by that user. After authentication, are
there accessible environment variables? Any ideas?

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In article <1117135796.777109.187140@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>, 11D.Universe@gmail.com writes:
> I've set-up Apache to authenticate using htaccess and MySQL. That part
> works great. I'm trying to figure out how to get access (cgi? php?
> server config?) to the user_name provided in the login pop-up box to
> personalize the pages seen by that user. After authentication, are
> there accessible environment variables? Any ideas?

For CGI, the username should be in the REMOTE_USER environment
variable. From the CGI/1.1 specification:

6.1.12. REMOTE_USER
If the request required authentication using the "Basic" mechanism
(i.e., the AUTH_TYPE metavariable is set to "Basic"), then the value
of the REMOTE_USER metavariable is set to the user-ID supplied. In
all other cases the value of this metavariable is undefined.

REMOTE_USER = *OCTET

This variable is specific to requests made via the HTTP protocol.

Servers SHOULD provide this metavariable to scripts.

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