From c62e75c60105777d5c4d96979ff36092c5b83af5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ryan <ryan@1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd>
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:04:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Allow use of REMOTE_USER/REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER for
 authentication. Props yonosoytu. fixes #7361

git-svn-id: http://svn.automattic.com/wordpress/trunk@9951 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd
---
 wp-app.php | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/wp-app.php b/wp-app.php
index fa47b0e4b..15d924abb 100644
--- a/wp-app.php
+++ b/wp-app.php
@@ -1469,6 +1469,11 @@ EOD;
 		if(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'])) {
 			list($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'], $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']) =
 				explode(':', base64_decode(substr($_SERVER['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'], 6)));
+		} else if (isset($_SERVER['REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER'])) {
+			// Workaround for setups that do not forward HTTP_AUTHORIZATION
+			// See http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7361
+			list($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'], $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW']) =
+				explode(':', base64_decode(substr($_SERVER['REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER'], 6)));
 		}
 
 		// If Basic Auth is working...