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icon1.gif   Use X-Forwarded-User as preset in author field, posted by Stefano Lacaprara on Tue May 16 10:21:18 2017 
    icon2.gif   Re: Use X-Forwarded-User as preset in author field, posted by Christof Hanke on Wed May 17 08:42:17 2017 
       icon2.gif   Re: Use X-Forwarded-User as preset in author field, posted by Stefano Lacaprara on Thu May 18 09:39:16 2017 
          icon2.gif   Re: Use X-Forwarded-User as preset in author field, posted by Christof Hanke on Thu May 18 10:37:16 2017 
             icon2.gif   Re: Use X-Forwarded-User as preset in author field, posted by Christof Hanke on Thu May 18 10:51:05 2017 
                icon2.gif   [solved] Re: Use X-Forwarded-User as preset in author field, posted by Stefano Lacaprara on Thu May 18 16:55:42 2017 
Message ID: 68625     Entry time: Thu May 18 16:55:42 2017     In reply to: 68624
Icon: Reply  Author: Stefano Lacaprara  Author Email: stefano.lacaprara@pd.infn.it 
Category: Question  OS: Linux  ELOG Version: 3.1.1 
Subject: [solved] Re: Use X-Forwarded-User as preset in author field 
> 
> Sorry, I just double-checked, this userdatabase, I was talking about is the Password-file...
> 
> Please try the following snippet :
> 
> allow password change = 0
> Authentication = Webserver, File
> Preset Author = $short_name <$long_name>
> Locked Attributes = Author
> Password file = PASSWD.file
> 
> Christof

Many thanks, that is what I was looking for.

best,
  Stefano
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