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@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ Apache module mod_intercept_form_submit
Apache module to intercept submission of application login forms. It
retrieves the login and password information from the POST HTTP
request, runs PAM authentication with those credentials, and sets the
-REMOTE_USER environment variable if the authentication passes. If the
+REMOTE_USER environment variable if the authentication passes. The
+internal r->user field is also set so other modules can use it (even
+if the module is invoked very late in the request processing). If the
REMOTE_USER is already set (presumably by some previous module), no
authentication takes place.