fixed REMOTE_USER (external HTTP Basic auth) [SF#977309]

Author: Richard Jones

CHANGES.txt

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ Fixed:
 - fixed Boolean values in postgresql (sf bugs 972546 and 972600)
 - fixed -g arg to roundup-server (sf bug 973946)
 - better roundup-server usage string (sf bug 973352)
+- fixed REMOTE_USER (external HTTP Basic auth) (sf bug 977309)
 
 
 2004-06-10 0.7.4

roundup/cgi/client.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: client.py,v 1.179 2004-06-15 09:19:49 a1s Exp $
+# $Id: client.py,v 1.180 2004-06-22 23:35:16 richard Exp $
 
 """WWW request handler (also used in the stand-alone server).
 """
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ def determine_user(self):
         self.clean_sessions()
         sessions = self.db.getSessionManager()
 
+        user = 'anonymous'
+
         # first up, try the REMOTE_USER var (from HTTP Basic Auth handled
         # by a front-end HTTP server)
         try:
@@ -373,7 +375,6 @@ def determine_user(self):
 
         # look up the user session cookie (may override the REMOTE_USER)
         cookie = self.cookie
-        user = 'anonymous'
         if (cookie.has_key(self.cookie_name) and
                 cookie[self.cookie_name].value != 'deleted'):