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From: fn@pain.csrv.uidaho.edu (Faried Nawaz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Appache WWW Server - Help needed
Date: 17 Aug 1995 14:12:50 GMT
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$ In article <40qgdm$35u@noc.tor.hookup.net>, Thomas Schroecker <thomas@canadian-agra.com> wrote:

$ With the help of a whole bunch of people I got the appache www server 
$ compiled and running on my FreeBSD machine.  Now a quick question.  In 
$ the transfer logs it shows you the domain from where a document was 
$ accessed, and the date and time of the accessing.  Now is there simple 
$ way to find out the actual user ID of the person who accessed it.  If 
$ there isn't an easy way is there a hard way to do it?
$ Any suggestion/coments?

edit src/httpd.h and enable RFC 931 checking (search for 'RFC').

there is no way to be sure that the userid you get is the `actual' user.
identd may be hacked to lie.