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Log username in Apache access logs

Author:
arthur
Posted:
March 2, 2010
Language:
Python
Version:
1.1
Tags:
log apache mod_python
Score:
1 (after 1 ratings)

This is a piece of middleware that reports the logged-in user back to Apache. This should cause the logged-in user to be present in the apache access log.

Put it in settings.MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES after AuthenticationMiddleware.

This has been tested with mod_python but does not work with wsgi.

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class LogRemoteUserMiddleware(object):
    """
    Middleware for logging the session user in Apache. This sets the username
    information so that Apache is aware of the logged in user and can log
    the username in the access_log (just like when the user is logged in
    with basic authentication).
    """

    def process_request(self, request):
        # AuthenticationMiddleware is required so that request.user exists
        if not hasattr(request, 'user'):
            raise ImproperlyConfigured(
                "LogRemoteUserMiddleware requires AuthenticationMiddleware"
                " to be in MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES before LogRemoteUserMiddleware.")
        # set the REMOTE_USER variable if a user is logged in
        if request.user.is_authenticated():
            # specific for mod_python
            if isinstance(request, ModPythonRequest):
                request._req.user = str(request.user.username)

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sjaensch (on March 2, 2010):
<p>Unfortunately, this does not work with mod_wsgi. Any hints on how to get it working?</p>

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